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Author Erspamer, Peter R., author.

Title The elusiveness of tolerance : the "Jewish question" from Lessing to the Napoleonic Wars / Peter R. Erspamer
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Published Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2020]
©1997

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 189 pages)
Series UNC studies in the Germanic languages and literatures ; number 117
University of North Carolina studies in the Germanic languages and literatures ; no. 117.
Contents The beginnings of the tolerance debate -- Jewish identity in a changing world -- Emancipatory drama after Lessing -- Myths of ethnic homogeneity : anti-Semitic literature after 1800 -- Concluding remarks : beyond the tolerance debate
Summary Analyzing literary works - from Lessing's "Nathan der Weise" (1779) to Sessa's "Unser Verkehr" (1812/15) - and political and philosophical tracts, shows the transition from an enlightened, emancipatory literature to an antisemitic literature in the early 19th century. The ideology of tolerance failed because of its internal contradictions. (From the Bibliography of the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism)
Notes Reprint. Originally published in 1997
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-186) and index
Subject Jews in literature.
Antisemitism in literature.
German literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism.
German literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
Religious tolerance -- Germany
Haskalah -- Germany
Antisemitism -- Germany -- History -- 19th century
LITERARY CRITICISM / European / German
Antisemitism
Antisemitism in literature
German literature
Haskalah
Jews in literature
Religious tolerance
Emanzipation
Literatur
Antisemitismus
Joodse vraagstuk.
Verdraagzaamheid.
Antisémitisme -- Dans la littérature.
Juifs -- Dans la littérature.
Littérature allemande -- 19e siècle -- Histoire et critique.
Tolérance religieuse -- Allemagne.
Haskala -- Allemagne.
Littérature allemande -- 1789-1815 -- Thèmes, motifs.
Antisémitisme -- Allemagne -- 1789-1900.
Juifs dans la littérature.
Germany
Deutsch.
Juden <Motiv>
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781469656489
1469656485