Gustav Karpeles: 5 books

Jewish Literature and Other Essays by the German Jewish historian of literature and editor; son of Elijah, Karpeles Gustav Karpeles.Karpeles stimulated into active life the Jewish literary societies in Germany, but made himself most widely known through his writings on Heinrich Heine.

In a well-known passage of the Romanzero, rebuking Jewish women for their ignorance of the magnificent golden age of their nation's poetry, Heine used unmeasured terms of condemnation. He was too severe, for the sources from which he drew his own information were of a purely scientific character,...

The following essays were delivered during the last ten years, in the form of addresses, before the largest associations in the great cities of Germany. Each one is a dear and precious possession to me. As I once more pass them in review, reminiscences fill my mind of solemn occasions and impressive...

The following essays were delivered during the last ten years, in the form of addresses, before the largest associations in the great cities of Germany. Each one is a dear and precious possession to me. As I once more pass them in review, reminiscences fill my mind of solemn occasions and impressive...

This edition features a linked Table of Contents, Footnotes, and Index CONTENTS A Glance at Jewish Literature The Talmud The Jew in the History of Civilization Women in Jewish Literature Moses Maimonides Jewish Troubadours and Minnesingers Humor and Love in Jewish Poetry The Jewish Stage The...