{"product_id":"viennese-jewish-modernism-freud-hofmannsthal-beerhofmann-and-schnitzler-refiguring-modernism-10-9780271034096","title":"Viennese Jewish Modernism Freud Hofmannsthal","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eArgues that Viennese Jewish modernism is explicable as an aesthetic reconfiguration of Jewish tradition in response to multifaceted crises of memory, identity and language. Examines the works of Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1874-1929), Arthur Schnitzler (1862-1931), Richard Beer-Hofmann (1866-1945) and Sigmund Freud (1856-1939).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Gillman’s book is as rich and paradoxical as Jewish assimilation itself, for the author is at once telling a particularly Jewish and a larger European story of aesthetic, cultural, and sometimes even political engagement with tradition.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—William Donahue,Duke University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Argued with verve and originality, this book calls for a ‘more inclusive understanding of the place of Jewish writing’ in the modernist tradition. Illustrations and notes, including the German originals of the passages cited, add to the book’s appeal.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—E. Wickersham \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Gillman has provided a pathbreaking work that consolidates the insights of recent secondary literature on Jewish experience in the fin-de-siècle and establishes ‘Jewish’ modernism. Her book will be read with interest by scholars of literature, modernism, Jewish studies, and cultural theory.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Timothy E. Pytell \u003ci\u003eH-Net Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eViennese Jewish Modernism\u003c\/i\u003e is a major accomplishment and provides a wealth of new ideas and information.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Alison Rose \u003ci\u003eJournal of Jewish Identities\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eViennese Jewish Modernism\u003c\/i\u003e productively engages German Studies, literary theory, and (Viennese) Judaica on several sophisticated levels. Further, it serves both as a contribution to reappraisals of fin de siècle Modernism and a useful interpretive companion to less familiar or critically ignored works by the authors listed in its title.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Daniel C. Villanueva \u003ci\u003eRocky Mountain Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[Gillman] has created a fine de siècle for our own time, a reinterpretive historical hologram like that of the writers she discusses.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Margaret Olin \u003ci\u003eModern Philology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The Origins of Viennese Jewish Modernism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 1: Genres of Memory\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1.\tFreud’s Modernism in \u003ci\u003eA Childhood Memory of Leonardo da Vinci\u003c\/i\u003e (1910), “The Moses of Michelangelo” (1914), and \u003ci\u003eMoses and Monotheism\u003c\/i\u003e (1938)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2.\tHofmannsthal’s Jewish Pantomime: \u003ci\u003eDer Schüler \u003c\/i\u003e(The Student, 1901)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 2: Hybrid Plots, Virtual Jews\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3.\tHow a Viennese Modernist Becomes a Jew: Beer-Hofmann’s \u003ci\u003eDer Tod Georgs \u003c\/i\u003e(The Death of Georg, 1900)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4.\tAnatomies of Failure: Jewish Tragicomedy in Schnitzler’s \u003ci\u003eDer Weg ins Freie\u003c\/i\u003e (The Road into the Open, 1908) and \u003ci\u003eProfessor Bernhardi \u003c\/i\u003e(1912)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 3: Performing the Hebrew Bible\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5.\tMythic Memory Theater and the Problem of Jewish Orientalism in Hofmannsthal’s Ballet \u003ci\u003eJosephslegende\u003c\/i\u003e (Legend of Joseph, 1912)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6.\tThe Forgotten Modernism of Biblical Drama: Beer-Hofmann’s \u003ci\u003eDie Historie von König David\u003c\/i\u003e (The History of King David, 1918–33)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pennsylvania State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400783372631,"sku":"9780271034096","price":47.56,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780271034096.jpg?v=1730471567","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/viennese-jewish-modernism-freud-hofmannsthal-beerhofmann-and-schnitzler-refiguring-modernism-10-9780271034096","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}