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The grace of misery : Joseph Roth and the politics of exile, 1919-1939 /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lazaroms, Ilse Josepha
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013.
Series:Brill's series in Jewish studies ; v. 47.
Subjects:
Roth, Joseph, > 1894-1939.
Authors, Austrian > 20th century > Biography.
Jewish authors > Austria > 20th century > Biography.
Authors, Austrian.
Jewish authors.
Austria.
1900 - 1999
Biography.
Table of Contents:
  • Mental captivity. Re-imagining a lost heritage
  • Opening up the crypt. The political potential of nostalgia
  • The lamentations of an "old Jew." The artist as exemplary sufferer
  • The double bind of self-narration. Jewish identity and the undercurrents of German-Jewish modernity
  • Prophecies of unrest. Interwar Europe under an apocalyptic lens.