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Lovable crooks and loathsome Jews : antisemitism in German and Austrian crime writing before the World Wars / T.S. Kord.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kord, T. S., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Detective and mystery stories, German--History and criticism.
- Detective and mystery stories, German.
- Antisemitism in literature.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 339 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2018]
- Summary:
- In the years leading up to the World Wars, Germany and Austria saw an unprecedented increase in the study and depiction of the criminal. Science, journalism and crime fiction were obsessed with delinquents while ignoring the social causes of crime. As criminologists measured criminals' heads and debated biological predestination, court reporters and crime writers wrote side-splitting or heart-rending stories featuring one of the most popular characters ever created--the hilarious or piteous crook. The author examines the figure of the crook and notions of "Jewish" criminality in a range of antisemitic writing, from Nazi propaganda to court reporting to forgotten classics of crime fiction.
- Contents:
- Criminals and Mass Men in Pre-Totalitarian Peace Time p. 2
- Characters: Crime Theories
- Compulsion v. Conspiracy: German and Jewish Criminals in Criminology (1890s-1914) p. 20
- Incorrigibles v. Inferiors: German and Jewish Criminals in Criminal Biology (1919-1939) p. 41
- Conflicts: Crime Cases
- A Conman Plays a Captain: The Case of Wilhelm Voigt (Berlin, 1906) p. 62
- A Conwoman Nabs a Captain: The Case of Tamara von Hervay (Leoben, Austria, 1904) p. 80
- A Tale of Two Thieves: The Case of Franz and Erich Sass (Berlin, 1920s) p. 107
- A Tale of Two Editors: The Case of Hugo Bettauer and Rudolf Olden (Vienna, 1920s) p. 129
- Plots: Crime Stories
- Tragic Criminals and Farcical Justice (1890s-1914) p. 160
- Farcical Criminals or Tragic Victims (1926-1939) p. 191
- Resolutions?
- Neverending Stories (1950-2001) p. 232.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-333), filmography (page 300), and index.
- ISBN:
- 1476670129
- 9781476670126
- OCLC:
- 1032581337
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