The Golem Redux: From Prague to Post-Holocaust Fiction Baer Elizabeth R.
The Golem Redux: From Prague to Post-Holocaust Fiction Baer Elizabeth R. First mentioned in the Book of Psalms in the Hebrew Bible, the golem is a character in an astonishing number of post-Holocaust…
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The Golem Redux: From Prague to Post-Holocaust Fiction Baer Elizabeth R.
First mentioned in the Book of Psalms in the Hebrew Bible, the golem is a character in an astonishing number of post-Holocaust Jewish-American novels and has served as inspiration for such varied figures as Mary Shelley's monster in her novel Frankenstein, a frightening character in the television series The X-Files, and comic book figures such as Superman and the Hulk. Baer introduces readers to these varied representations of the golem and traces the history of the golem legend across modern pre- and post-Holocaust culture. In The Golem Redux: From Prague to Post-Holocaust Fiction, author Elizabeth R.
In five chapters, The Golem Redux examines the different purposes for which the golem has been used in literature and what makes the golem the ultimate text and intertext for modern Jewish writers.Baer begins by introducing several early manifestations of the golem legend,
FROM PRAHA TO PRAGUE
From Fiction to Psychoanalysis
Voices from the Holocaust