Edmond Fleg and Jewish Minority Culture in Twentieth-Century France (Routledge Studies in the Modern History of France)

Synopsis

Edmond Fleg and Jewish Minority Culture in Twentieth-Century France, the first critical biography of the leading French writer Edmond Fleg (1874–1963), explores his role in forging a modern French Jewish identity before and after the Second World War. Through his writings – plays, novels, poems, and essays based on Jewish and Christian texts – Fleg fashioned a minority identity within the context of French Third Republic universalism. At the heart of his work we find a radical ecumenism, a rejection of exclusive and homogenous nationalism, and a deep understanding of the necessity of supporting vibrant minority subcultures within the context of a liberal democratic republic. This account is both individual and social, pointing to the ways in which Fleg acted within the possibilities and constraints of his milieu and used his writing to engage with and shape the discursive fabric of twentieth-century French culture. This book appeals to a number of scholarly audiences, including historians and literary critics who work on modern France and Jewish and religious studies and those who focus on issues of identity and difference, as well as a more general audience interested in Modern France and/or modern Jewish history.

Copyright:

2021

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Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

238 Pages

ISBN-13:

9780429589157

Related ISBNs:

9780429197208, 9781032036748, 9780367186142

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

07/02/21

Copyrighted By:

Sally Debra Charnow, The right of Sally Debra Charnow to be identified as author of this work has been asserted by her in accordance with sections

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

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No

Categories:

History, Nonfiction

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