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Viennese Jewish Modernism: Freud, Hofmannsthal, Beer-Hofmann, and Schnitzler

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Description for Viennese Jewish Modernism: Freud, Hofmannsthal, Beer-Hofmann, and Schnitzler Paperback. Series: Refiguring Modernism. Num Pages: 216 pages, 22 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 247 x 186 x 17. Weight in Grams: 656.

In Viennese Jewish Modernism, Abigail Gillman challenges the conventional understanding of modernism as simply a break from tradition. Until recently, the study of Jewish modernism has centered on questions of Jewish and non-Jewish identity, generally ignoring the role Judaism played in the formulation of European modernism as a whole. By focusing on the works of major Viennese authors and thinkers—Freud, Hofmannsthal, Beer-Hofmann, and Schnitzler—both within and outside the contexts of Jewish identity, Abigail Gillman provides a profound new perspective on modernism.

Viennese Jewish Modernism draws together three central turn-of-the-century cultural phenomena: the breakdown of traditional modes of transmitting the past ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Series
Refiguring Modernism
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania, United States
ISBN
9780271034096
SKU
V9780271034096
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99-1

About Abigail Gillman
Abigail Gillman is Associate Professor of German and Hebrew in the Department of Modern Languages and Comparative Literature at Boston University.

Reviews for Viennese Jewish Modernism: Freud, Hofmannsthal, Beer-Hofmann, and Schnitzler
“Gillman’s book is as rich and paradoxical as Jewish assimilation itself, for the author is at once telling a particularly Jewish and a larger European story of aesthetic, cultural, and sometimes even political engagement with tradition.” —William Donahue, Duke University “Argued with verve and originality, this book calls for a ‘more inclusive understanding of the place of Jewish writing’ ... Read more

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