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Bohemia's Jews and Their Nineteenth Century: Texts, Contexts, Reassessments - Softcover

Toman, Jindrich

 
9788024652887: Bohemia's Jews and Their Nineteenth Century: Texts, Contexts, Reassessments
Softcover
ISBN 10: 8024652889 ISBN 13: 9788024652887
Publisher: Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech Republic, 2023

Synopsis

Bohemian Jewish culture and literature during the underexamined 1820s to 1880s.

This book on Jewish culture and literature focuses on the “quiet” decades of the nineteenth century, a scarcely written-about period of time in Bohemian Jewish history. Using a myriad of sources, including travelers’ accounts, poems, essays, short stories, guides, and newspaper articles, the volume explores Jewish expression, Jewish-Czech relations, and the changing attitudes toward Jews between the 1820s and 1880s. It offers close readings of writers like Karel Havlíćek Borovský, Ján Kollár, Siegfried Kapper, and Jan Neruda, as well as lesser-known authors and sources. Combining skillful sustained analysis, judicious argumentation, and elegant writing, the book is a truly enriching reading experience.

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About the Author

Jindřich Toman is professor of Slavic languages and literature at the University of Michigan.

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Publisher
Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech Republic
Publication date
2023
Language
English
ISBN 10 
8024652889
ISBN 13 
9788024652887
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
335