Language:
English
Year of publication:
2019
Titel der Quelle:
Leo Baeck Institute Year Book
Angaben zur Quelle:
64 (2019) 181-196
Keywords:
Varnhagen, Rahel, Friends and associates
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Brentano, Clemens,
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Jewish women authors
;
Salons
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Authors, German
;
Antisemitism History 19th century
Abstract:
This article reconstructs the friendship between the Romantic author Clemens Brentano and the Jewish salonnière Rahel Levin, and explores her motivations for maintaining a friendship with him in spite of his public and private attacks on contemporary Jews, including her. Through analysis of his 1811 speech at the Christlich-deutsche Tischgesellschaft and the letters they exchanged, the article shows how limited Levin’s options were for balancing her identity as a Jew with her social and intellectual ambitions.
DOI:
10.1093/leobaeck/ybz010
URL:
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