Vienna Is Different
Jewish Writers in Austria from the Fin-de-Siècle to the Present
Nonfiction, History, Austria & Hungary, Jewish, Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism
| Author: | Hillary Hope | ISBN: | 9780857451828 |
| Publisher: | Berghahn Books | Publication: | October 1, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Berghahn Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Hillary Hope |
| ISBN: | 9780857451828 |
| Publisher: | Berghahn Books |
| Publication: | October 1, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Berghahn Books |
| Language: | English |
Assessing the impact of fin-de-siècle Jewish culture on subsequent developments in literature and culture, this book is the first to consider the historical trajectory of Austrian-Jewish writing across the 20th century. It examines how Vienna, the city that stood at the center of Jewish life in the Austrian Empire and later the Austrian nation, assumed a special significance in the imaginations of Jewish writers as a space and an idea. The author focuses on the special relationship between Austrian-Jewish writers and the city to reveal a century-long pattern of living in tension with the city, experiencing simultaneously acceptance and exclusion, feeling “unheimlich heimisch” (eerily at home) in Vienna.
Assessing the impact of fin-de-siècle Jewish culture on subsequent developments in literature and culture, this book is the first to consider the historical trajectory of Austrian-Jewish writing across the 20th century. It examines how Vienna, the city that stood at the center of Jewish life in the Austrian Empire and later the Austrian nation, assumed a special significance in the imaginations of Jewish writers as a space and an idea. The author focuses on the special relationship between Austrian-Jewish writers and the city to reveal a century-long pattern of living in tension with the city, experiencing simultaneously acceptance and exclusion, feeling “unheimlich heimisch” (eerily at home) in Vienna.
