Opera, Liberalism, and Antisemitism in Nineteenth-Century France
The Politics of Halévy's La Juive
- Author: Hallman, Diana R.
Hallman is successful in creating a vivid account of the complicated political and cultural diversity of mid-nineteenth-century Paris. ... a thoroughly researched and well-written text —
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Contents
- List of illustrations
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- List of abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1. The collaboration and rapprochement of the authors of La Juive
- 2. The Halevys: citoyens and israelites of France
- 3. The Council of Constance and the Voltairean critique
- 4. Jewish-Christian opposition in music and drama
- 5. Eleazar and Rachel as literary stereotypes
- 6. The milieu of La Juive: Jewish imagery and identity in the July Monarchy
- Epilogue
- Appendices
- Bibliography
- Index.
