Language:
English
Year of publication:
2007
Titel der Quelle:
"Immortal Austria"?
Angaben zur Quelle:
(2007) 149-164
Keywords:
Zur Mühlen, Hermynia,
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Spiel, Hilde
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Jews, Austrian History 20th century
;
Jewish refugees History 20th century
;
Exiled Jewish authors History
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Jewish women authors
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Jewish women authors 20th century
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Austrian literature History and criticism 20th century
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German literature
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Jewish journalists
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Historical fiction History and criticism
Abstract:
Using the genre of the historical novel, Hermynia Zur Mühlen (married to Stefan Klein, a German Jew and fellow translator) and Hilde Spiel (born to Jewish parents in Vienna who converted to Christianity), two women writers who went into exile in Britain, show alternative moments in Austrian social, cultural and political history in an attempt to connect a future imagined Austria with the past. Both writers create narratives that show the failures as well as the possibilities in Austria’s historical development, paying special attention to multiculturalism, Jewish emancipation and gender relations.
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