Bolesław Prus and the Jews:

Bolesław Prus and the Jews shows the complexity of the so-called "Jewish question" in nineteenth-century Congress Poland and especially its significance in Prus' social concept reflected in his extensive body of journalistic work, fiction, and treatises. The book traces Prus' evo...

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Main Author: Friedrich, Agnieszka 1966- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Boston, MA Academic Studies Press [2021]
Series:Jews of Poland
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Online Access:DE-1043
DE-1046
DE-858
DE-859
DE-860
DE-473
DE-706
DE-739
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Summary:Bolesław Prus and the Jews shows the complexity of the so-called "Jewish question" in nineteenth-century Congress Poland and especially its significance in Prus' social concept reflected in his extensive body of journalistic work, fiction, and treatises. The book traces Prus' evolving worldview toward Jews, from his support of the Assimilation Program in his early years to his eventual support of Zionism. These contrasting ideas show us the complexity of the discourse on Jewish issues from the individual perspective of a significant writer of the time, as well as the dynamics of the Jewish modernization process in a "non-existent" partitioned Poland. The portrait of Prus that emerges is surprisingly ambivalent
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 21. Jun 2021)
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (296 pages)
ISBN:9781644695746
DOI:10.1515/9781644695746

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