%0 Book
%A Helen Ferstenberg
%D 2021
%C Oxford, United Kingdom
%I Peter Lang Verlag
%@ 2235-3496
%T Meditations on Jewish Creative Identity
%B Representations of the Jewish Artist in the Works of German-Jewish Writers from Heine to Feuchtwanger
%U https://www.peterlang.com/document/1094891
%X 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.
%K Geschichte 1820-1945, Franzos, Karl Emil, Deutsch, Literatur, Künstler (Motiv), Judenbild, Juden, Jewish Artist, German-Jewish, Heine, Heinrich, Feuchtwanger, Lion, Auerbach, Berthold, Schnitzler, Arthur
%G English