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The 'Jewish Question' in German Literature, 1749-1939: Emancipation and Its Discontents

by Ritchie Robertson

Pages: 534

Contributors: Ritchie Robertson

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Place of Publication: Oxford

Publication Year: 1999

Subjects: Jews in literature,Jews--Germany--History--1800-1933,Jews--Emancipation--Germany,Jews--Cultural assimilation--Germany,Jews--Public opinion,Antisemitism--Germany,Jews--Germany--Intellectual life--19th century,Public opinion--Germany,Germany--Intellectual life--19th century

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Contents

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Introduction

1: Enlightenment

2: Liberalism

3: Antisemitism

4: Assimilation

5: Dissimilation

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