Studies in Contemporary Jewry: Volume XII: Literary Strategies
Subtitle: Jewish Texts and Contexts (Studies in Contemporary Jewry)
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: December 31, 1996
Language: eng
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780195112030
First sentence: Izso Koves (1853-1917), a Hungarian-born artist of Jewish origin, had a particular interest in portraying scenes of Jewish history: Spinoza before his judges; the Tortosa debate (the famous Jewish-Christian disputation in early 15th-century Spain); and a canvas integrating Hungarian and Jewish history, The Jews of Buda before King Matthias, which depicts a Jewish delegation joining the procession to meet Matthias and his queen, Beatrix of Aragon, on their return to the city following their marriage in 1476.
Description: This volume of this important series deals with Jewish identity in literature. Particular attention is paid to changing national and popular myths, folk memory, and the historical consciousness of Jews in modern times.