| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 203 pages) : illustrations (some color), music |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Four men -- Four wives -- One angel (by Paul Klee) -- Four Jews -- Benjamin's grip. |
| Summary |
Theodor W. Adorno was the prototypical German Jewish non-Jew, Walter Benjamin vacillated between German Jew and Jewish German, Gershom Scholem was a committed Zionist, and Arnold Schönberg converted to Protestantism for professional reasons but later returned to Judaism. Carl Djerassi, himself a refugee from Hitler's Austria, dramatizes a dialogue between these four men in which they discuss fraternity, religious identity, and legacy as well as reveal aspects of their lives-notably their relations with their wives-that many have ignored, underemphasized, or misrepresented. The desi. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Benjamin, Walter, 1892-1940 -- Drama.
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Benjamin, Walter, 1892-1940. |
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Drama.
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| Subject |
Adorno, Theodor W., 1903-1969 -- Drama.
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Adorno, Theodor W., 1903-1969. |
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Scholem, Gershom, 1897-1982 -- Drama.
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Scholem, Gershom, 1897-1982. |
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Schoenberg, Arnold, 1874-1951 -- Drama.
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Schoenberg, Arnold, 1874-1951. |
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Jewish philosophy -- Germany -- Drama.
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Jewish philosophy. |
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Germany. |
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Imaginary conversations.
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Imaginary conversations. |
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Parnassus, Mount (Greece) -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Drama.
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| Added Author |
Seethaler, Gabriele.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Djerassi, Carl. Four Jews on Parnassus. New York : Columbia University Press, 2008 (DLC) 2008021186 |
| ISBN |
9780231518307 (electronic book) |
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0231518307 (electronic book) |
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9780231146548 (cloth ; acid-free paper) |
| Music No. |
EB00639834 Recorded Books |
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