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Through an analysis of representations of Jewish artists in the works of German-Jewish writers, this book reveals that the issue of a Jewish creative identity was one of the most explosive aspects of a dual German-Jewish identity. In the shadow of both a widespread anti-Semitic stereotype which denied creativity to Jews and also of increasingly contentious debates in Jewish circles on the proper role of Jewish artists within German culture, German-Jewish writers who portrayed Jewish artists in their works were forced to grapple with some of the most contentious questions of their day: the relative importance of German and Jewish allegiance; the issue of Jewish distinctiveness or its opposite expressed in style, language, and theme; and the viability of a 'Jewish' participation in German culture. Existing studies sometimes posit Jewish self-hatred or blind attachment to German culture and Enlightenment ideals as characteristic of a broad spectrum of German-Jewish writers. In contrast, this book demonstrates how many German-Jewish writers possessed a profound awareness of cultural conditions and a conscientious desire to integrate the complex demands of a dual identity.

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Book category Books in English Literature & literary studies Literature: history & criticism Literary studies: general

• Full title: Meditations on Jewish Creative Identity
• Subtitle: Representations of the Jewish Artist in the Works of German-Jewish Writers from Heine to Feuchtwanger
• Author: Helen Ferstenberg
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 229
• EAN: 9783039101528
• ISBN: 9783039101528
• ID: 10024930
• Publisher: Verlag Peter Lang
• Weight: 344 g
• Dimensions: 152 × 226 × 14 mm
• Date of publishing: 19. December 2003

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