Title: The "Jewish Question" in German Literature, 1749-1939
Description: "The 'Jewish Question' in German Literature, 1749-1939 is an erudite and searching literary study of the uneasy position of the Jews in Germany and Austria from the first pleas for Jewish emancipation during the Enlightenment to the eve of the Holocaust. Trying to avoid hindsight, and drawing on a wide range of literary texts, Ritchie Robertson offers a close examination of attempts to construct a Jewish identity suitable for an increasingly secular world.

He examines both literary portrayals of Jews by Gentile writers - whether antisemitic, friendly, or ambivalent - and efforts to reinvent Jewish identities by the Jews themselves, in response to antisemitism culminating in Zionism. Robertson's new work will prove stimulating for anyone interested in the modern Jewish experience, as well as for scholars and students of German fiction, prose, and political culture."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Judaism and literature, Jews, Jews in literature, German literature, History and criticism, History, German literature, history and criticism, 18th century, German literature, history and criticism, 19th century, German literature, history and criticism, 20th century, German literature, history and criticism, Jews, germany, Cultural assimilation, Public opinion, Intellectual life, Emancipation, Antisemitism