Natural anti-semitism: Stifter's Abdias

Martha B. Helfer

doi:10.1007/bf03375707

Natural anti-semitism: Stifter's Abdias

Martha B. Helfer

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This essay analyzes the discursive construction of "the Jew" in conjunction with nature metaphors in Stifter's Abdias, and argues that the novella inscribes an anti-assimilationist political agenda. Read as a document in the debate about the "Jewish question," Abdias is a cautionary text about the Judaizing of Austrian society: its nature, its economy, and its art.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	261-286
Number of pages	26
Journal	Deutsche Vierteljahrsschrift fur Literaturwissenschaft und Geistesgeschichte
Volume	78
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/bf03375707
State	Published - 2003
Externally published	Yes

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Cultural Studies
Philosophy
Literature and Literary Theory

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