Bohemia's Jews and Their Nineteenth Century
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…
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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 Havlíček 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