The "Jewish Question" in German Literature, 1749-1939
Subtitle: Emancipation and Its Discontents
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: December 18, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 544
ISBN-13: 9780199248889
Subjects: Jewish studies; Literary studies: 16th to 18th centuries; Literary studies: 19th century; Literary studies: from c 1900 -; Religion; Literary Criticism; Literature - Classics / Criticism; German; Performing Arts/Dance; Germany; Literary Criticism & Collections / German; Judaism - General; European - German; Jewish
First sentence: Before emancipation, the Jewish population in many German towns was normally restricted to a ghetto.