The aim of the paper is to deal with literary depictions of Jews in Cankarʼs works, with the thesis that the stereotyped portrayal of Jews in literature is not in itself a certain indication of how Cankar reacted to prejudices against Jews. The autobiography by the Austrian writer of Jewish origin Stefan Zweig, The World of Yesterday, offers an additional basis for understanding the sociological, psychological, historical and ideological background to anti-Semitism within the broader framework of the attitude of people to foreign ethnic and religious groups.
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