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