ISBN:
0820481807
Language:
English
Pages:
VIII, 260 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
Year of publication:
2007
Series Statement:
Austrian Culture 38
Series Statement:
Austrian Culture
Keywords:
Bernstein, Elsa
;
Fin de siècle
;
Schriftstellerin
;
Konzentrationslager Theresienstadt
Abstract:
This critical anthology presents original scholarship and materials about the prominent dramatist and concentration camp memoir writer Elsa Porges-Bernstein (1866-1949). The individual scholarly contributions provide new insights into the issue of multiple identity and allegiance in the first half of the twentieth century. Bernstein was a Germanophile and, according to Nazi ideology, a Jew; she also assumed the traditional roles of mother and housewife; finally, she was a feminist and a socialite related to the Wagner family. The complexity and conflictedness of Elsa Porges-Bernstein appeals to contemporary audiences, as evidenced by the 2002 revival of her play Maria Arndt, in Chicago.
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