Nexus : essays in German Jewish studies. Volume 4

Nexus : essays in German Jewish studies. Volume 4 /

Features a special section on the Hungarian German Jewish writer and theater director George Tabori and a Forum section on the 2016 film A German Life.

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: German Jewish Studies Workshop
Other Authors: Donahue, William Collins (Editor), Helfer, Martha B., 1962- (Editor)
Format: Electronic Conference Proceeding eBook
Language:English
Published: Rochester, NY : Camden House, an imprint of Boydell and Brewer Inc., 2018.
Subjects:
Heine, Heinrich, > 1797-1856.
Kraus, Karl, > 1874-1936.
Heine, Heinrich, > 1797-1856
Kraus, Karl, > 1874-1936
Jews > Germany > Congresses.
Jews > Study and teaching > Germany > Congresses.
Jews, German > Congresses.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > German.
Civilization > Jewish influences
Jews
Jews, German
Jews > Study and teaching
Germany > Civilization > Jewish influences > Congresses.
Germany
A German Life.
Cultural.
Essays.
Film.
German Jewish Studies Workshop.
German Jewish Studies.
German Studies.
Hungarian German Jewish Writer.
Jewish Studies.
Literature.
Pedagogy.
Political.
Programming.
Scholarly Articles.
Theater Director.
Conference papers and proceedings
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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Kafka, childhood, and history
  • The black, white, and gray zones of Schindler's List: Steven Spielberg with Primo Levi
  • Nexus Forum: A German Life edited and introduced by Brad Prager
  • Perspectives on A German Life
  • "No false remorse": a workshop with Florian Weigensamer, director of A German Life (2016)
  • Only skin deep
  • A Brunhilde for our time: eliding the questions in A German Life
  • Hitler's helpmates
  • Zooming in on moral guilt: A German Life as an artistic public trial
  • Framing the beldame in A German Life and Blind Spot
  • Special section on George Tabori edited and introduced by Martin Kagel
  • Introduction to the special section on George Tabori
  • Waiting for The Cannibals: George Tabori's post-holocaust play
  • "Sacrifice is the test for loyalty, Goldberg." Sacrifice and the passion of Christ in George Tabori's comedy The Goldberg-Variations
  • "Empathy for the entire spectrum of selves and others": George Tabori's humanism
  • A triple act of translation: George Tabori and Brecht on Brecht
  • My war story: Tabori, Brecht, and Vietnam
  • My Life with George
  • Some observations by an American acting in the German theater (1984).

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