03069nam a2200565Ki 4500 ocn858862016 OCoLC 20200709055948.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 130924s2013 mau ob 001 0beng d N$T eng rda pn N$T 9781618112378 (electronic bk.) 1618112376 (electronic bk.) 9781618112361 1618112368 (OCoLC)858862016 640304 (N$T) e-fr--- DC354 .S56 2013eb BIO 006000 bisacsh HIS 013000 bisacsh 944.081092 23 N$TA Simms, Norman Toby, author. In the context of his times : Alfred Dreyfus as lover, intellectual, poet, and Jew / Norman Simms. Boston, Massachusetts : Academic Studies Press, 2013. 1 online resource (410 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Reference library of Jewish intellectual history From the very moment Alfred Dreyfus was placed under arrest for treason and espionage, his entire world was turned upside down, and for the next five years he lived in what he called a phantasmagoria. To keep himself sane, Dreyfus wrote letters to and received letters from his wife and exercised his intellect through reading the few books and magazines his censors allowed him. In this volume, Norman Simms explores how Dreyfus kept himself from exploding into madness by reading his essays carefully, placing them in the context of his century. Through a spinning prism lightly. Random words of a solitary man ; The phantasmagoria of anti-semitism and anti-zionism. -- The ultimate contraption. The final prison cahiers: Nostalgia, anxieties, and reveries ; The Jewish syndic, satan's synagogue and cynicism ; Through the prism of anti-semitic discourse ; Dreyfus and socially-constructed autism. -- Transcending radical solitude. A poor pedlar's bundle of things ; Dreyfus, Jewish art and midrashic aesthetics. Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record. Dreyfus, Alfred, 1859-1935. Prisoners France Biography. Antisemitism France History 19th century. France Politics and government 1870-1940. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical bisacsh HISTORY / Europe / France bisacsh Electronic books. Print version: Simms, Norman Toby, author. In the context of his times 9781618112361 (OCoLC)827951875 Reference library of Jewish intellectual history. EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=640304 EBSCOhost EBSC 640304 cpp1723AUTO 02 N$T 53906 53906