Language:
German
Year of publication:
2006
Titel der Quelle:
Trumah : Zeitschrift der Hochschule für Jüdische Studien Heidelberg
Publ. der Quelle:
Heidelberg
Angaben zur Quelle:
16 (2006) : Haskala im 18. Jahrhundert, Seite 105 - 130
Keywords:
Luzzatto Morpurgo, Rachel
Abstract:
The paper traces the life story of Rachel Morpurgo, born into the illustrious Luzzatto family in Trieste, who managed to penetrate the exclusively male domain of Hebrew letters and to establish herself as a Hebrew poetess, in the middle of the 19th century. It seeks to contextualize her remarkable familiarity with traditional Jewish literature, her swift success after the publication of her first poem in 1847 and the phenomenon of her sudden disappearance, less than 15 years later. The first and the third part outline Rachel Luzzatto/Morpurgo̷s biography according to archival material and literary sources, specially emphasizing the role of her literary mentor Samuel David Luzzatto and her publisher Mendel Stern. The second part, on the other hand, analyzes the narrative of the contemporary biographical sketches that sought to tally Rachel Luzzatto/Morpurgo̷s life story with the author̷s idea of women̷s role in Judaism.
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