Language:
German
Year of publication:
1986
Titel der Quelle:
Archiv Bibliographia Judaica: Jahrbuch
Angaben zur Quelle:
1 (1986) 29-55
Keywords:
Wagner, Richard,
;
Antisemitism History 1800-2000
;
Jews History 1800-2000
;
Antisemitism in literature
;
German literature History and criticism
;
Jews in literature
;
Stereotypes (Social psychology)
Abstract:
Contends that Germans and Jews have both been stigmatized by stereotypes, and that German antisemitism may be an expression of German self-hatred. Describes negative stereotypes of the Jew in German literature and in Wagner's "Judentum in der Musik" (1850). Due to the Germans' inferiority complex, Jewish intellectuals were portrayed in German literature in demonic and frightening terms. The Jews themselves were influenced by these descriptions which, in some cases, led to Jewish self-hatred.
Note:
Appeared also in "Jüdische Identität im Spiegel der Literatur vor und nach Auschwitz" (1989) 40-85, and in his "Unbehauste; zur deutschen Literatur in der Weimarer Republik, im Exil und in der Nachkriegszeit" (1992) 107-134.
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