The anti-journalist : Karl Kraus and Jewish self-fashioning in fin-de-siècle Europe / Paul Reitter.
The anti-journalist : Karl Kraus and Jewish self-fashioning in fin-de-siècle Europe / Paul Reitter.
The anti-journalist : Karl Kraus and Jewish self-fashioning in fin-de-siècle Europe / Paul Reitter.
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Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.
Date
2008.
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N838.91209/3
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English
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xii, 254 p. ; 24 cm.
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All that is solid melts into ink -- German Jews and the writing of modern life -- Karl Kraus and the Jewish self-hatred question -- Mirror-man -- Messianic journalism? Benjamin and Scholem read Die Fackel -- Conclusion: The afterlife of anti-journalism.
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Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.
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Illinois
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2008.
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"Paul Reitter's study of Kraus's writings situates them in the context of fin-de-siecle German-Jewish intellectual society. He argues that rather than stemming from anti-Semitism, Kraus's attacks constituted an innovative critique of mainstream German-Jewish strategies for assimilation. Marshalling three of the most daring German-Jewish authors - K...
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The anti-journalist : Karl Kraus and Jewish self-fashioning in fin-de-siècle Europe / Paul Reitter.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-247) and index.
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N838.91209/3
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74VMbJbdNlp3
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9780226709703 (cloth : alk. paper)
0226709701 (cloth : alk. paper)
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838.91209
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991000746379702626
