Bohemia's Jews and Their Nineteenth Century: Texts, Contexts, Reassessments

by Jindřich Toman

Bohemian Jewish culture and literature during the underexamined 1820s to 1880s.

This book on Jewish culture and literature focuses on the "quiet" decades of the nineteenth century, a scarcely written-about period of time in Bohemian Jewish history. Using a myriad of sources, including travelers' accounts, poems, essays, short stories, guides, and newspaper articles, the volume explores Jewish expression, Jewish-Czech relations, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 8024652889
• ISBN13: 9788024652887
• Release Date: August 2023
• Publisher: Karolinum Press, Charles University
• Length: 335 Pages
• Weight: 1.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 8.7"