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Author Herzog, Hillary Hope

Title Vienna is different : Jewish writers in Austria from the fin de siècle to the present / Hillary Hope Herzog
Published New York : Berghahn Books, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 289 pages)
Series Austrian and Habsburg studies ; v. 12
Austrian and Habsburg studies ; v. 12
Contents Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 -- The Fin de Siècle; Chapter 2 -- Jewish Vienna Between the World Wars; Chapter 3 -- Jews and the Second Republic; Chapter 4 -- Viennese Jews from Waldheim to Haider and Beyond; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
Summary Assessing the impact of fin-de-siècle Jewish culture on subsequent developments in literature and culture, this book is the first to consider the historical trajectory of Austrian-Jewish writing across the 20th century. It examines how Vienna, the city that stood at the center of Jewish life in the Austrian Empire and later the Austrian nation, assumed a special significance in the imaginations of Jewish writers as a space and an idea. The author focuses on the special relationship between Austrian-Jewish writers and the city to reveal a century-long pattern of living in tension with the city
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Subject Austrian literature -- Jewish authors -- History and criticism
Austrian literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism
Jews in literature.
Judaism and literature -- Austria -- History
Jews -- Austria -- Intellectual life
LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- German.
HISTORY -- Jewish.
Austrian literature
Austrian literature -- Jewish authors
Jews in literature
Jews -- Intellectual life
Judaism and literature
Austria
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2010051789
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