Bolesaw Prus and the Jews by Agnieszka Friedrich (English) Hardcover Book

by Agnieszka Friedrich

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The Nile on eBay Bolesaw Prus and the Jews by Agnieszka Friedrich This book shows the complexity of the so-called "Jewish question" in nineteenth-century Congress Poland from the perspective of writer Bolesaw Prus. The book traces Prus' evolving worldview toward Jews, from his support of the Assimilation Program in his early years to his eventual support of Zionism. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Bolesaw Prus and the Jews shows the complexity of the so-called "Jewish question" in nineteenth-century Congress Poland and especially its significance in Prus' social concept, reflected in his extensive body of journalistic work, fiction, and treatises. The book traces Prus' evolving worldview toward Jews, from his support of the Assimilation Program in his early years to his eventual support of Zionism. These contrasting ideas show us the complexity of the discourse on Jewish issues from the individual perspective of a significant writer of the time, as well as the dynamics of the Jewish modernization process in a "non-existent" partitioned Poland. The portrait of Prus that emerges is surprisingly ambivalent. Table of Contents Preface to the English Edition Introduction 1. Prus's Predecessors and Contemporaries on the Jewish Question 2. Prus's Social Reflections 3. Prus on the Traditional Aspects of the Jewish Question 4. Prus on the Modern Aspects of the Jewish Question Conclusion Bibliography Review "Agnieszka Friedrich's monograph dem

• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9781644695739
• Condition: Fine

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