Projektnummer

0056537

Zusammenfassung

The works of early twentieth-century Eastern European German Jewish writers tend to be aligned with either the tradition of German-Jewish writing (in which case they are mined for historical material) or the modernist canon (in which case their specific Jewishness or Easternness can get lost). The aim of this project is to identify a distinct strain of German literary modernism that is deeply engaged with the fate of European Jews in the modern world. The authors under consideration, who include Soma Morgenstern, Joseph Roth, and H. W. Katz, all come from the Eastern reaches of the Aus...