Bolesław Prus and the Jews /

Friedrich, Agnieszka,

Bolesław Prus and the Jews / Agnieszka Friedrich. - 1 online resource (viii, 286 pages) - Jews of Poland . - Jews of Poland. .

Translated from the original Polish into English.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Prus's Predecessors and Contemporaries on the Jewish Question -- Prus's Social Reflections -- Prus on the Traditional Aspects of the Jewish Question -- Prus on the Modern Aspects of the Jewish Question.

"Bolesław 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"--

9781644695753 (electronic book) 1644695758 (electronic book) 164469574X (electronic book) 9781644695746 (electronic bk.) (hardcover)

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Prus, Bolesław, 1847-1912 --Political and social views.
Prus, Bolesław, 1847-1912.


1800-1899


Authors, Polish--Attitudes.--19th century
Jews in literature.
Antisemitism--Poland.
Jews--Social conditions.--Poland
Écrivains polonais--Attitudes.--19e siècle
Juifs dans la littérature.
Antisémitisme--Pologne.
Juifs--Conditions sociales.--Pologne
HISTORY / Europe / Eastern
Antisemitism.
Ethnic relations.
Jews in literature.
Jews--Social conditions.
Political and social views.


Poland--Ethnic relations.
Poland.


Electronic books.

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