From Fin-de-Siecle to Theresienstadt
The Works and Life of the Writer Elsa Porges-Bernstein
Seiten
2007
Peter Lang Publishing Inc (Verlag)
978-0-8204-8180-7 (ISBN)
Peter Lang Publishing Inc (Verlag)
978-0-8204-8180-7 (ISBN)
This critical anthology presents original scholarship and materials about the prominent dramatist and concentration camp memoir writer Elsa Porges-Bernstein (1866-1949). The individual scholarly contributions provide new insights into the issue of multiple identity and allegiance in the first half of the twentieth century. Bernstein was a Germanophile and, according to Nazi ideology, a Jew; she also assumed the traditional roles of mother and housewife; finally, she was a feminist and a socialite related to the Wagner family. The complexity and conflictedness of Elsa Porges-Bernstein appeals to contemporary audiences, as evidenced by the 2002 revival of her play Maria Arndt, in Chicago.
«This volume on Elsa Bernstein is the result of a twofold archaeological expedition: first the person herself had to be excavated from the perpetually deepening layers of National Socialist speech, then the biographical fragments had to be reassembled for the person to come to light. Only then could Bernstein-as-artist reclaim her voice and be understood.» (Marlene Streeruwitz, Austrian Writer)
Reihe/Serie | Austrian Culture ; 38 | Austrian Culture ; 38 |
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Zusatzinfo | 1 ill. |
Verlagsort | New York |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 160 x 230 mm |
Gewicht | 590 g |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Dramatik / Theater |
Kunst / Musik / Theater | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Germanistik | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien | |
ISBN-10 | 0-8204-8180-7 / 0820481807 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-8204-8180-7 / 9780820481807 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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