Chapter
Altneuland
Abstract
This chapter examines Theodor Herzl’s idealistic representation of Palestine as a national home for the Jewish people in his novel Altneuland [Old New Land] (1902) through the eyes of Franz Kafka and Felix Salten. While all three writers dialogue with past, present, and future history, only Kafka’s “Jackals and Arabs” (1917) is a devastating satire of European imperialism in Palestine. Unlike Kafka, Salten knew Herzl and idolized him as a …
Authors
Bruce I
Book title
Multidisciplinary Representations of Home and Homeland in Diaspora
Pagination
pp. 23-49
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
DOI
10.4324/9781003373056-3