A Knight at the Opera Heine, Wagner, Herzl, Peretz, and the Legacy of der Tannhäuser |
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| Author:
| Garrett, Leah |
| Series title: | Shofar Supplements in Jewish Studies |
| ISBN: | 978-1-55753-601-3 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2011 |
| Publisher: | Purdue University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $57.00 |
Book Description:
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Examines the remarkable and unknown role that the medieval legend (and Wagner opera) Tannhäuser played in Jewish cultural life in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It analyses how three of the greatest Jewish thinkers of that era, Heinrich Heine, Theodor Herzl, and I. L. Peretz, used this central myth of Germany to strengthen Jewish culture and to attack anti-Semitism.
Examines the remarkable and unknown role that the medieval legend (and Wagner opera) Tannhäuser played in Jewish cultural life in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It analyses how three of the greatest Jewish thinkers of that era, Heinrich Heine, Theodor Herzl, and I. L. Peretz, used this central myth of Germany to strengthen Jewish culture and to attack anti-Semitism.