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

• Autore: Herzog Hillary Hope
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Berghahn Books, 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (297 p.)
• Disciplina: 830.9/89240436
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: "Vienna is different"
• ISBN: 1-78238-050-7; 1-283-32641-8; 9786613326416; 0-85745-181-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910457661503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Austrian and Habsburg studies ; ; v. 12.