John Ward
Jews in Business and their Representation in German Literature 1827-1934
- Peter Lang
- 2010
- Taschenbuch
- 264 Seiten
- ISBN 9783034301268
This book gives an account of the literary representation of Jews as businessmen from the early nineteenth century to the onset of the Third Reich. The historical context provides the background for an examination of the literary representation of Jewish businessmen and presents evidence for the perpetuation, transformation, and combination of stereotypes. The double bind of assimilation ¿ that the Jews were vilified whether they succeeded or failed ¿ is illustrated from literary treatments by the Romantic writer Wilhelm Hauff and the early twentieth-century writers Lion Feuchtwanger and Paul Kornfeld of the historical figure of ¿Jud Süß Oppenheimer¿. Gustav Freytag¿s use of the Jews as ¿counter-ideals¿
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