| Description |
1 online resource (1 volume) |
| Series |
Studia Judaeoslavica ; vol. 5 |
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Studia Judaeoslavica ; v. 5.
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| Contents |
Preface to the English Edition; Translator's Preface; Author's Preface; Chapter One The Religious-Historical Context; A Parade of Phantoms; The Church Dispute with Judaism; The Bible and the Jews Against the Eschatological Backdrop of the First Third of the 19th Century; Chapter Two A Look at Foreign Jewry: The Adoption of Western Models; Western Judophilia in Russian Periodicals; "The Fashion for Yids"; The "Jerusalem Nobility" in Bulgarin and Grech's Newspaper; "The Jewish Socrates": Jewish Thought Through the Eyes of Russian Society; Jewish Composers; Börne in Russia |
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"An Educated German": Heine's Prose in Russian Periodicals"A German Frenchman": Heine's National-Cultural Orientation and "Young Germany" as Perceived by Russian Critics; "A Wanderer from Egypt and Palestine": Rahel Varnhagen in the Appraisal of a Russian Journalist; Chapter Three The Magic of Kabbalah and the Aesthetics of the Old Testament; Kabbalistic Motifs in Russian Culture during the Years 1830-1840; "Sacred Jewish Poetry" in the Aesthetics of Russian Romanticism; Chapter Four Russia as the New Israel; The "Tabernacle of Happiness," or the Russian Solomon; Biblicized Russia in Late Gogol |
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Chapter Five The Ideological and Social Background of the Jewish Image The Attack on Jewry: Administration, Society, Literature; "The Soil of the Old Testament"; The People of a Savage God; From Witchcraft to Demonic Conspiracy; Chapter Six Encounters with Judaism and the Jews: Amendments Based on Real Impressions; The Problem of Authorial Erudition; Everyday Acquaintanceship, Social and Ethnographic Observations; Jews in Neighboring Countries: Travelers' Accounts; Kind or Helpful Jews in Russian Memoirs and Travel Notes; Chapter Seven Literary Templates |
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The Old Adam, the Werewolf, and the Vampire Blasphemers, Poisoners, Smugglers, and Spies; "A Horror and a Laughingstock"; Executing the Jew: Drowning, Hanging, and Laughing at the Victim; "Yid Cowardice": The Ban on Jewish Heroics and Its Contravention in Non-Belletristic Genres; Homelessness, Poverty, and Lost Gold; The "Young Jewess"; The Revision of "Esther"; Bestializing the Jewish Image; The Rejected Brotherhood; The Brotherhood of the Rejected: Lazhechnikov's Heretic; Chapter Eight The Journalistic Campaign of 1838 and its Repercussions; Preparation for a New Onslaught |
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"A Man of a Different Kind": The Attack on Polish Jews in Senkovsky's Journal The Odessa Alternative; Filth, Blindness, and Disease; Chapter Nine Baptism or Repatriation?; "A Forgiven Thief, a Baptized Yid"; The Struggle for Zion; A Dead Country; N. Polevoi's Zionist Publication; "Their Hope is a Lie": Eternal Exile; Chapter Ten A People Without a Homeland: The Jews in Russia in the 1840's; The New Political and Economic Situation; "The Thoughts of an Israelite"; Judaism and Sectarianism; The Dangers of Jewish Enlightenment; Epilogue The Further Evolution of the Jewish Theme |
| Summary |
The Veil of Moses describes the creation of Russian romantic literary stereotypes which shaped the opinion of the Russian public on the Jews |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Jews in literature.
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Russian literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Russian & Former Soviet Union.
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Jews in literature
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Russian literature
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Roby, Judith
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| LC no. |
2012025026 |
| ISBN |
9789004235526 |
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9004235523 |
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1283618338 |
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9781283618335 |
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9786613930781 |
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6613930784 |
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