Jewish-German Identity in the Orientalist Literature of Else Lasker-Schuler, Friedrich Wolf, and Franz Werfel Hardback
by Donna K. Heizer
Part of the Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture series
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First study of Jewish-German Orientalist literature as revealed in the works of three important twentieth-century authors. This pioneering volume is the first to examine the phenomenon of Jewish-German orientalist literature.
For many Jewish-German authors of the twentieth-century, the Orient represented an imaginative space where they could analyse their position as Jews in German society, and come to terms with a divided identity.
Here, representations of Muslims and Islamicate cultures in the works of popular and respected authors who were nevertheless often seen as Jewish,Oriental 'others' by the German-speaking societies in which they lived are explored.
Lasker-Schuler's Die Nachte Tino von Bagdads (1907) and Der Prinz von Theben (1912) create a timeless Orient filled with visionaryartists like herself, while Wolf's Mohammed: Ein Oratorium (1922) depicts the Orient as the birthplace of the message of justice espoused by Islam: through it Wolf reaches a new understanding of his position as a progressive Jew in a war-torn German society.
In Werfel's Die vierzig Tage des Musa Dagh (1933), the author uses the conflict between Turks and Armenians to explore his own religiosity.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:126 pages, 3 b/w, 2 line illus.
- Publisher:Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Publication Date:04/04/1996
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- ISBN:9781571130259
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Item not Available
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:126 pages, 3 b/w, 2 line illus.
- Publisher:Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Publication Date:04/04/1996
- Category:
- ISBN:9781571130259
