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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457661503321

Autore

Herzog Hillary Hope

Titolo

"Vienna is different" [[electronic resource] ] : Jewish writers in Austria from the fin de siècle to the present / / Hillary Hope Herzog

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Berghahn Books, 2011

ISBN

1-78238-050-7

1-283-32641-8

9786613326416

0-85745-181-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (297 p.)

Collana

Austrian and Habsburg studies ; ; v. 12

Disciplina

830.9/89240436

Soggetti

Austrian literature - Jewish authors - History and criticism

Austrian literature - 20th century - History and criticism

Jews in literature

Judaism and literature - Austria - History

Jews - Austria - Intellectual life

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 274-284) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 - The Fin de Siècle; Chapter 2 - Jewish Vienna Between the World Wars; Chapter 3 - Jews and the Second Republic; Chapter 4 - Viennese Jews from Waldheim to Haider and Beyond; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Assessing the impact of fin-de-siècle Jewish culture on subsequent developments in literature and culture, this book is the first to consider the historical trajectory of Austrian-Jewish writing across the 20th century. It examines how Vienna, the city that stood at the center of Jewish life in the Austrian Empire and later the Austrian nation, assumed a special significance in the imaginations of Jewish writers as a space and an idea. The author focuses on the special relationship between Austrian-Jewish writers and the city to reveal a century-long patte