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Download or read book Philo-semitism in Nineteenth-century German Literature written by Irving Massey and published by de Gruyter. This book was released on 2000 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Argues that most of the non-Jewish 19th-century German authors considered here expressed both antisemitic and philosemitic views. Focuses on Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, but also discusses works by Karl Gutzkow, Bettine von Arnim, Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, Friedrich Hebbel, Gustav Freytag, Wilhelm Raabe, Theodor Fontane, Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Ludwig Anzengruber, Ferdinand von Saar, and by the Alsatian Alexandre Chatrian. Ascribes philosemitism to the authors' guilt feelings about Jews, which are compared to Jewish self-hatred. A short chapter on women and philosemitism touches on complex, often antagonistic attitudes of non-Jews toward Jewish women. Stereotypes play a large role in the presentation of Jewish figures in these literary works.