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The veil of Moses : Jewish themes in Russian literature of the romantic era /
The Veil of Moses describes the creation of Russian romantic literary stereotypes which shaped the opinion of the Russian public on the Jews.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Ruso |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2012.
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| Colección: | Studia Judaeoslavica ;
v. 5. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface to the English Edition; Translator's Preface; Author's Preface; Chapter One The Religious-Historical Context; A Parade of Phantoms; The Church Dispute with Judaism; The Bible and the Jews Against the Eschatological Backdrop of the First Third of the 19th Century; Chapter Two A Look at Foreign Jewry: The Adoption of Western Models; Western Judophilia in Russian Periodicals; "The Fashion for Yids"; The "Jerusalem Nobility" in Bulgarin and Grech's Newspaper; "The Jewish Socrates": Jewish Thought Through the Eyes of Russian Society; Jewish Composers; Börne in Russia
- "An Educated German": Heine's Prose in Russian Periodicals"A German Frenchman": Heine's National-Cultural Orientation and "Young Germany" as Perceived by Russian Critics; "A Wanderer from Egypt and Palestine": Rahel Varnhagen in the Appraisal of a Russian Journalist; Chapter Three The Magic of Kabbalah and the Aesthetics of the Old Testament; Kabbalistic Motifs in Russian Culture during the Years 1830-1840; "Sacred Jewish Poetry" in the Aesthetics of Russian Romanticism; Chapter Four Russia as the New Israel; The "Tabernacle of Happiness," or the Russian Solomon; Biblicized Russia in Late Gogol
- Chapter Five The Ideological and Social Background of the Jewish Image The Attack on Jewry: Administration, Society, Literature; "The Soil of the Old Testament"; The People of a Savage God; From Witchcraft to Demonic Conspiracy; Chapter Six Encounters with Judaism and the Jews: Amendments Based on Real Impressions; The Problem of Authorial Erudition; Everyday Acquaintanceship, Social and Ethnographic Observations; Jews in Neighboring Countries: Travelers' Accounts; Kind or Helpful Jews in Russian Memoirs and Travel Notes; Chapter Seven Literary Templates
- The Old Adam, the Werewolf, and the Vampire Blasphemers, Poisoners, Smugglers, and Spies; "A Horror and a Laughingstock"; Executing the Jew: Drowning, Hanging, and Laughing at the Victim; "Yid Cowardice": The Ban on Jewish Heroics and Its Contravention in Non-Belletristic Genres; Homelessness, Poverty, and Lost Gold; The "Young Jewess"; The Revision of "Esther"; Bestializing the Jewish Image; The Rejected Brotherhood; The Brotherhood of the Rejected: Lazhechnikov's Heretic; Chapter Eight The Journalistic Campaign of 1838 and its Repercussions; Preparation for a New Onslaught
- "A Man of a Different Kind": The Attack on Polish Jews in Senkovsky's Journal The Odessa Alternative; Filth, Blindness, and Disease; Chapter Nine Baptism or Repatriation?; "A Forgiven Thief, a Baptized Yid"; The Struggle for Zion; A Dead Country; N. Polevoi's Zionist Publication; "Their Hope is a Lie": Eternal Exile; Chapter Ten A People Without a Homeland: The Jews in Russia in the 1840's; The New Political and Economic Situation; "The Thoughts of an Israelite"; Judaism and Sectarianism; The Dangers of Jewish Enlightenment; Epilogue The Further Evolution of the Jewish Theme