Viennese Jewish Modernism Freud, Hofmannsthal, Beer-Hofmann, and Schnitzler

Name: Viennese Jewish Modernism Freud, Hofmannsthal, Beer-Hofmann, and Schnitzler
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ISBN: 9780271034096

ISBN-10: 0271034092

ISBN-13: 9780271034096

Edition: 2009

Authors: Abigail Gillman

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This book provides a perspective on modernism by focusing on the works of Freud, Hofmannsthal, Beer-Hofmann and Schnitzler. The subject is examined from viewpoints both within and outside the contexts of Jewish identity.

Book details

List price: $66.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Publication date: 4/15/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 7.30" wide x 9.76" long x 0.73" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Acknowledgments


Introduction: The Origins of Viennese Jewish Modernism



Genres of Memory



Freud's Modernism in A Childhood Memory of Leonardo da Vinci (1910), "The Moses of Michelangelo" (1914), and Moses and Monotheism (1938)



Hofmannsthal's Jewish Pantomime: Der Schler (The Student, 1901)



Hybrid Plots, Virtual Jews



How a Viennese Modernist Becomes a Jew: Beer-Hofmann's Der Tod Georgs (The Death of Georg, 1900)



Anatomies of Failure: Jewish Tragicomedy in Schnitzler's Der Weg ins Freie (The Road into the Open, 1908) and Professor Bernhardi (1912)



Performing the Hebrew Bible



Mythic Memory Theater and the Problem of Jewish Orientalism in Hofmannsthal's Ballet Josephslegende (Legend of Joseph, 1912)



The Forgotten Modernism of Biblical Drama: Beer-Hofmann's Die Historie von Knig David (The History of King David, 1918-33)


Conclusion


Notes


Bibliography


Index