The elusiveness of tolerance : the "Jewish question" from Lessing to the Napoleonic Wars /

Analyzing literary works - from Lessing's "Nathan der Weise" (1779) to Sessa's "Unser Verkehr" (1812/15) - and political and philosophical tracts, shows the transition from an enlightened, emancipatory literature to an antisemitic literature in the early 19th century. T...

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Main Author: Erspamer, Peter R. (Author)
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2020]
Edition:[Open access ebook edition]
Series:University of North Carolina studies in the Germanic languages and literatures ; no. 117.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Analyzing literary works - from Lessing's "Nathan der Weise" (1779) to Sessa's "Unser Verkehr" (1812/15) - and political and philosophical tracts, shows the transition from an enlightened, emancipatory literature to an antisemitic literature in the early 19th century. The ideology of tolerance failed because of its internal contradictions.
Item Description:Reprint. Originally published in 1997
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 189 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-186) and index
ISBN:9781469656489
1469656485