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List Of Fictional Jews
This is a list of fictional Jews, characters from any work of fiction whose Jewish identity has been noted as a key component of the story or who have been identified impacting or reflecting cultural views about Jewish people. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Fictional Jews Fictional Jews, Lists of Jews, Fictitious Lists of fictional characters, Jews Jewish portrayals in media ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiction
Fiction is any creative work, chiefly any narrative work, portraying character (arts), individuals, events, or setting (narrative), places that are imagination, imaginary or in ways that are imaginary. Fictional portrayals are thus inconsistent with fact, history, or plausibility. In a traditional narrow sense, fiction refers to literature, written narratives in prose often specifically novels, novellas, and short story, short stories. More broadly, however, fiction encompasses imaginary narratives expressed in any Media (communication), medium, including not just writings but also drama, live theatrical performances, films, television programs, radio dramas, comics, role-playing games, and video games. Definition and theory Typically, the fictionality of a work is publicly expressed, so the audience expects a work of fiction to deviate to a greater or lesser degree from the real world, rather than presenting for instance only factually accurate portrayals or character (arts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Merchant Of Venice
''The Merchant of Venice'' is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1596 and 1598. A merchant in Venice named Antonio defaults on a large loan taken out on behalf of his dear friend, Bassanio, and provided by a Jewish moneylender, Shylock, with seemingly inevitable fatal consequences. Although classified as a comedy in the First Folio and sharing certain aspects with Shakespeare's other romantic comedies, the play is most remembered for its dramatic scenes, and it is best known for the character Shylock and his famous demand for a " pound of flesh". The play contains two famous speeches, that of Shylock, " Hath not a Jew eyes?" on the subject of humanity, and that of Portia on " the quality of mercy". Debate exists on whether the play is anti-Semitic, with Shylock's insistence on his legal right to the pound of flesh being in opposition to his seemingly universal plea for the rights of all people suffering discrimination. Characters * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (; ; 22 January 1729 – 15 February 1781) was a German philosopher, dramatist, publicist and art critic, and a representative of the Enlightenment era. His plays and theoretical writings substantially influenced the development of German literature. He is widely considered by theatre historians to be the first dramaturg in his role at Abel Seyler's Hamburgische Entreprise, Hamburg National Theatre. The word Dramaturgy first appears in his work ''Hamburg Dramaturgy.'' Life Lessing was born in Kamenz, a small town in Electorate of Saxony, Saxony, to pastor and theologian (1693–1770) and his wife Justine Salome Feller (1703–1777), daughter of pastor of Kamenz, Gottfried Feller (1674–1733). His father was a Lutheran minister and wrote on theology. Young Lessing studied at the Latin School in Kamenz from 1737 to 1741. With a father who wanted his son to follow in his footsteps, Lessing next attended the Sächsisches Landesgymnasium Sankt Afra zu Mei� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathan The Wise
''Nathan the Wise'' (original German title: , ) is a play by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing from 1779. It is a fervent plea for religious tolerance. It was never performed during Lessing's lifetime and was first performed in 1783 at the Döbbelinsches Theater in Berlin. Set in Jerusalem during the Third Crusade, it describes how the wise Jewish merchant Nathan, the enlightened sultan Saladin, and the (initially anonymous) Templar, bridge their gaps between Judaism, Islam, and Christianity. Its major themes are friendship, tolerance, relativism of God, a rejection of miracles and a need for communication. Synopsis The events take place during the Third Crusade (1189–1192) during an armistice in Jerusalem. When Nathan, a wealthy Jew, returns home from business travel, he learns that his foster daughter Recha was saved from a house fire by a young Christian Templar. The knight, in turn, owes his life to the Muslim ruler of Jerusalem, Sultan Saladin, who pardoned him as the only one o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eremya Chelebi Kömürjian
Eremia Chelebi Kömürjian (12–13 May 1637 – 15 July 1695) was an Ottoman-Armenian writer and intellectual from Constantinople. Background Eremia's recent ancestors came from the district around Kemah in the Armenian highlands. Eremia's great grandfather Sarkis Kömürjian, who was a coal dealer (), abandoned his properties in 1590s during the upheaval caused by the Celali rebellions like most local Armenians and migrated to western Anatolia and Thrace. Sarkis died in the town of Gelibolu, Gallipoli in southern Thrace. Nahabed, the son of Sarkis, and his only son Mardiros moved to Constantinople. Early life Eremia was born on 12 or 13 May 1637 in the Langa neighborhood of Constantinople Constantinople (#Names of Constantinople, see other names) was a historical city located on the Bosporus that served as the capital of the Roman Empire, Roman, Byzantine Empire, Byzantine, Latin Empire, Latin, and Ottoman Empire, Ottoman empire ... to Papas (bishop) Mardiros. Eremia belo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lion Feuchtwanger
Lion Feuchtwanger (; 7 July 1884 – 21 December 1958) was a German Jewish novelist and playwright. A prominent figure in the literary world of Weimar Republic, Weimar Germany, he influenced contemporaries including playwright Bertolt Brecht. Feuchtwanger's Judaism and fierce criticism of the Nazi Party, years before it assumed power, ensured that he would be a target of government-sponsored persecution after Adolf Hitler's appointment as chancellor of Germany in January 1933. Following a brief period of internment in France and a harrowing escape from continental Europe, he found asylum in the United States, where he died in 1958. Life and career Ancestry Feuchtwanger's Jewish ancestors originated from the Middle Franconian city of Feuchtwangen; following a pogrom in 1555, it had expelled all its resident Jews. Some of the expellees subsequently settled in Fürth, where they were called the "Feuchtwangers", meaning those from Feuchtwangen. Feuchtwanger's grandfather Elkan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Die Jüdin Von Toledo
''Die Jüdin von Toledo'' is a 1955 novel by German-Jewish writer Lion Feuchtwanger. The story focuses on the "Golden Age" of Jewish culture in medieval Spain and describes the affair of Alfonso VIII with the Jewish Raquel in Toledo. In the prologue, Feuchtwanger mentions that the ballad was originally written by Alfonso X Alfonso X (also known as the Wise, ; 23 November 1221 – 4 April 1284) was King of Castile, León and Galicia from 1 June 1252 until his death in 1284. During the election of 1257, a dissident faction chose him to be king of Germany on 1 Ap ... of Castile about his great-grandfather Alfonso VIII. Critical reception Kirkus Reviews described the book thus: "The story now and again bogs down in the trappings of scholarship, but in the main is good reading." References 1955 German novels Jews and Judaism in Toledo, Spain German historical novels Novels set in Spain Toledo, Spain in fiction {{1950s-hist-novel-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otto Kreisler
Otto Kreisler (1890–1970) was an Austrian film director of the silent era. Kreisler was of Jewish background, and directed films with largely Jewish themes such as ''The Jewess of Toledo (film), The Jewess of Toledo'' and ''Theodor Herzl, Standard-Bearer of the Jewish People''.Holmes & Silverman p.154 He was later forced to emigrate to Britain due to the Nazis. Selected filmography * ''Summer Idyll'' (1916) * ''The Jewess of Toledo (film), The Jewess of Toledo'' (1919) * ''Maria Magdalena (1919 film), Maria Magdalena'' (1919) * ''Wandering Jew (film), Wandering Jew'' (1920) * ''Theodor Herzl (film), Theodor Herzl'' (1921) * ''Ludwig II (1922 film), Ludwig II'' (1922) References Bibliography * Holmes, Deborah & Silverman, Lisa. ''Interwar Vienna: Culture Between Tradition and Modernity''. Camden House, 2009. * Dassanowsky, Robert. ''Austrian Cinema: A History''. McFarland & Company Incorporated Pub, 2005. External links * 1890 births 1970 deaths Austrian film producers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Jewess Of Toledo (film)
''The Jewess of Toledo'' (German: ''Die Jüdin von Toledo'') is a 1919 Austrian Silent film, silent historical drama film directed by Otto Kreisler and starring Franz Höbling, Ida Norden and Thea Rosenquist. It is an adaptation of the 1872 play ''The Jewess of Toledo'' by Franz Grillparzer which was based on the relationship between Alfonso VIII of Castile and Rahel la Fermosa in 12th century Spain. Cast *Franz Höbling as Alfonso VIII of Castile *Ida Norden as Eleanor of England, Queen of Castile *Leopold Iwald as Count Manrique de Lara *Josef Viktora as Garzarrah *Theodor Weiß as Isaak *Emmy Flemmich as Esther *Thea Rosenquist as Rahel References External links * 1910s historical drama films Austrian silent feature films Austrian historical drama films Films directed by Otto Kreisler Austrian films based on plays Films set in the 12th century Films set in Toledo, Spain Films based on works by Franz Grillparzer Austrian black-and-white films Jews and Judaism in T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franz Grillparzer
Franz Seraphicus Grillparzer (15 January 1791 – 21 January 1872) was an Austrian writer who was considered to be the leading Austrian dramatist of the 19th century. His plays were and are frequently performed at the Burgtheater in Vienna. He also wrote the public speaking, oration for his longtime friend Ludwig van Beethoven's funeral, as well as the epitaph for his friend Franz Schubert. While writing during the period of Romanticism, Grillparzer's poetic language owes far more to the period of Classicism which reigned during his formative years. Committed to the classical ideals of aesthetic beauty and morality, his plots shy away from the realism (arts), realism which developed during his time, preferring instead to use the theater to address spiritual values, which in the words of the dying queen of his Libuše, Libussa, would only come after the period of Materialism had passed. Due to the identity-creating use of his works, especially after World War II, he was named as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Jewess Of Toledo
''The Jewess of Toledo'' () is a play by Franz Grillparzer. Written in 1851, it was first performed in Prague in 1872, after Grillparzer's death. The play is based on the love affair between King Alfonso VIII of Castile and Rahel la Fermosa, a Jewish woman. In 1919 the play was turned into a German silent film '' The Jewess of Toledo'' directed by Otto Kreisler Otto Kreisler (1890–1970) was an Austrian film director of the silent era. Kreisler was of Jewish background, and directed films with largely Jewish themes such as ''The Jewess of Toledo (film), The Jewess of Toledo'' and ''Theodor Herzl, Standa ... ''La Historia de Fermosa'' by Abraham S. Marrache covers the same story, but in the form of a historical novel. References Plays by Franz Grillparzer 1851 plays 1872 plays Austrian plays adapted into films Jews and Judaism in Toledo, Spain Plays set in Spain Toledo, Spain in fiction {{1850s-play-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfonso VIII Of Castile
Alfonso VIII (11 November 11555 October 1214), called the Noble (El Noble) or the one of Las Navas (el de las Navas), was King of Castile from 1158 to his death and King of Toledo. After having suffered a great defeat with his own army at Alarcos against the Almohads in 1195, he led the coalition of Christian princes and foreign crusaders who broke the power of the Almohads in the Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa in 1212, an event which marked the arrival of a tide of Christian supremacy on the Iberian Peninsula. His reign saw the domination of Castile over León and, by his alliance with Aragon, he drew those two spheres of Christian Iberia into close connection. Regency and civil war Alfonso was born to Sancho III of Castile and Blanche, in Soria on 11 November 1155. He was named after his grandfather Alfonso VII of León and Castile, who divided his kingdoms between his sons. This division set the stage for conflict in the family until the kingdoms were re-united by Alf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
