Im Spiegel des Prinzen: Fanny Lewalds auto/biographische Selbstreflexionen als Jüdin in "Prinz Louis Ferdinand" (1849) = Übersetzung des Sachtitels: The Prince As Mirror : Auto/biographical Reflections of Fanny Lewald's Jewish Self in "Prinz Louis Ferdinand" (1849)
This paper focusses on Fanny Lewald's historical novel "Prinz Louis Ferdinand" of 1849. I examine the biographical as well as cultural-historical circumstances of the work's genesis. Lewald clearly intended it as a critique of Prussian history, but at the same time the work’s foc...
| Subtitles: | "Das Fremde im Eigenen - das Eigene im Fremden: Jüdisches biographisches Schreiben über Andere" Übersetzung des Sachtitels: The Prince As Mirror |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | German |
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| Published: |
2023
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| In: |
Aschkenas
Year: 2023, Volume: 33, Issue: 2, Pages: 245-257 |
| Further subjects: | B
Prussians
B Vormärz B 49 / 1848 B Jewish Identity B Prussia B jüdische Identität |
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| Summary: | This paper focusses on Fanny Lewald's historical novel "Prinz Louis Ferdinand" of 1849. I examine the biographical as well as cultural-historical circumstances of the work's genesis. Lewald clearly intended it as a critique of Prussian history, but at the same time the work’s focal point turns out to be a quite personal, female perspective. This perspective is mirrored in the prince's experiences of loss and powerlessness. This leads me to explore the poetological dimensions of a writing in which the figure of the Prussian prince becomes a prismatic center of Lewald's self-reflection. Here, the figure of Rahel Levin, as prominently portrayed by Lewald in her novel, plays a special role. It is precisely in her that the author's interest in the political position of the Jewess in her as well as in Rahel Levin's time becomes apparent. |
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| ISSN: | 1865-9438 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Aschkenas
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1515/asch-2023-2011 |