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[[Joseph Süß Oppenheimer]] was an 18th-century [[court Jew]] in the employ of Duke [[Karl Alexander, Duke of Württemberg|Karl Alexander]] of [[Württemberg]] in Stuttgart. In the course of his work for the duke, Oppenheimer made a number of powerful enemies, some of whom conspired to bring about his arrest and execution after Karl Alexander's death. |
[[Joseph Süß Oppenheimer]] was an 18th-century [[court Jew]] in the employ of Duke [[Karl Alexander, Duke of Württemberg|Karl Alexander]] of [[Württemberg]] in Stuttgart. In the course of his work for the duke, Oppenheimer made a number of powerful enemies, some of whom conspired to bring about his arrest and execution after Karl Alexander's death. |
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The story of [[Joseph Süß Oppenheimer]] had been the subject of a number of literary and dramatic treatments over the course of more than a century; the earliest of these having been [[Wilhelm Hauff]]'s 1827 [[Jud Süß (Hauff novel)|novella]]. The most successful literary adaptation was the Feuchtwanger novel based on a play that he had written in 1916 but subsequently withdrew. The novel was translated into English by Willa and Edwin Muir. |
The story was the subject of a number of literary and dramatic treatments over the course of more than a century, the earliest of these being [[Wilhelm Hauff]]'s 1827 [[Jud Süß (Hauff novel)|novella]]. The most successful literary adaptation was Feuchtwanger's novel, which is based on a play that he wrote in 1916 but subsequently withdrew. The novel was translated into English by Willa and Edwin Muir. |
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In the afterword to the novel, Feuchtwanger characterized Hauff's novella as 'naïvely anti-Semitic.'<ref name="Wallace2009">{{cite book|last=Wallace|first=Ian |title=Feuchtwanger and film|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=awhkoV-hFqIC&pg=PA131|accessdate=2 December 2011|date=1 January 2009|publisher=Peter Lang|isbn=978-3-03911-954-7|page=131}}</ref> |
In the afterword to his novel, Feuchtwanger characterized Hauff's novella as 'naïvely anti-Semitic'.<ref name="Wallace2009">{{cite book|last=Wallace|first=Ian |title=Feuchtwanger and film|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=awhkoV-hFqIC&pg=PA131|accessdate=2 December 2011|date=1 January 2009|publisher=Peter Lang|isbn=978-3-03911-954-7|page=131}}</ref> |
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==Feuchtwanger's themes== |
==Feuchtwanger's themes== |
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