in:
German life and letters
Oxford [u.a.]:
2001
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1 - 9 S.
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| Einrichtung: | Ariadne | Wien |
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| Verfasst von: | Barker, Andrew |
| In: | German life and letters |
| Jahr: | 2001 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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| Initially tracing possible real-life Jewish models for the character of Else, and contextualising the story's genesis within the anti-semitic "Reigen" scandal of 1922, the article then locates Lese's characterisation within a carefully defined socio-political context which is often overlooked, perhaps because of the overwhelming impact which Schnitzler's presentation of his heroine achieves. However, given the story's provenance, and its frequent references to Jews and Jewishness at a time of growing racial hatred in both Weimar Germany and Republican Austria, the Jewish question in Fräulein else is clearly important, especially as, more than in any other work of Schnitzler's the story's milieu is a Jewish one. though asserting pride in her Jewishness, Else also reveals evidence of Jewish anti-Semitism, and as Else's sexuality is a notable feature of her characterisation, the article then examines the linkage between Jewishness and heightened sexuality, in the context of Otto Weininger's contentious tract "Geschlecht und Charakter", 1903. By emphasising facets of her character more favourable to Viennese Jewry, Schnitzler somewhat redresses the balance, and the article concludes by realting the text to the well-known letter from Freud to Schnitzler written in 1922 | |
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