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The German-Jewish dialogue : an anthology of literary texts, 1749-1993 / edited by Ritchie Robertson.

Title
The German-Jewish dialogue : an anthology of literary texts, 1749-1993 / edited by Ritchie Robertson.
Publication
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.

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Additional Authors
Robertson, Ritchie
Description
xli, 382 p.; 20 cm.
Summary
This anthology illustrates the history of Jews in Germany from the 18th century, when it was first proposed to give Jews civil rights, to the 1990s and the problems of living after the Holocaust. The texts include short stories, plays, and letters.
Series Statement
Oxford world's classics
Uniform Title
Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)
Subject
  • Deutsch, ..
  • Geschichte 1749-1993
  • German literature > Jewish authors > Translations into English
  • German literature > Translations into English
  • Jews > Europe, German-speaking > Literary collections
  • Judaism > Literary collections
  • Jews > Europe, German-speaking > History > Sources
Genre/Form
  • short stories.
  • novels.
  • poetry.
  • essays.
  • letters (correspondence)
  • personal correspondence.
  • diaries.
  • Short stories
  • Poetry
  • Personal correspondence
  • Literature
  • Fiction
  • Essays
  • Drama
  • Diaries
  • History
  • Literary collections
  • Sources
  • Translations
  • Novels
  • Nouvelles.
  • Romans.
  • Théâtre.
  • Poésie.
  • Essais.
  • Correspondance privée.
  • Journaux intimes.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [xxxi]-xxxvii.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
The Jews (1749) / G.E. Lessing -- Reply to Lavater (1769) / Moses Mendelssohn -- Recollections of Mendelssohn (1792) / Salomon Maimon -- Correspondence (1793-5) / Rahel Levin and David Veit -- The Jew in the thorn-bush (1815) / The Brothers Grimm -- On Shylock (1828, 1838) / Ludwig Börne and Heinrich Heine -- Jehuda ben Halevy (1851) / Heinrich Heine -- Schiller in Barnow (1876) / Karl Emil Franzos -- Seligmann Hirsch (1889) / Ferdinand Von Saar -- An Autobiography (1898) / Theodor Herzl -- The Blood of the Volsungs (1905) / Thomas Mann -- From Hebrew ballads (1913) / Else Lasker-Schüler -- From his diaries (1914) / Gershom Scholem -- Jackals and Arabs (1917) / Franz Kafka -- Jacob's dream, last scene (1919) / Richard Beer-Hofmann -- The Wonder-working rabbi of Barcelona (1921) / Else Lasker-Schüler -- Book-Mendel (1929) / Stefan Zweig -- Third Walpurgis night, extracts (1933) / Karl Kraus -- The Leviathan (1940) / Joseph Roth -- Four poems (1947-58) / Nelly Sachs -- Selected poems (1943-63) / Paul Celan -- The Jews' car (1962) / Franz Fühmann -- The Wall (1980) / Jurek Becker -- Robots (1990) / Maxim Biller -- Everything normal (1993) / Katja Behrens.
ISBN
0192839101
LCCN
^^^98047079^
OCLC
  • 40126735
  • SCSB-10556302
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library