Viennese Jewish Modernism: Freud, Hofmannsthal, Beer-Hofmann, and Schnitzler

by Abigail Gillman

In Viennese Jewish Modernism, Abigail Gillman challenges the conventional understanding of modernism as simply a break from tradition. Until recently, the study of Jewish modernism has centered on questions of Jewish and non-Jewish identity, generally ignoring the role Judaism played in the formulation of European modernism as a whole. By focusing on the works of major Viennese authors and thinkers--Freud, Hofmannsthal, Beer-Hofmann, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271034092
• ISBN13: 9780271034096
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.2" x 9.6"