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The golem in Jewish American literature : risks and responsibilities in the fiction of Thane Rosenbaum, Nomi Eve and Steve Stern

Title
The golem in Jewish American literature : risks and responsibilities in the fiction of Thane Rosenbaum, Nomi Eve and Steve Stern / Nicola Morris.
Author
Morris, Nicola, 1952-
Publication
New York : Peter Lang, [2007], ©2007.

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x, 147 pages; 24 cm.
Summary
"The Golem in Jewish American Literature explores the golem in the fiction of Thane Rosenbaum, Nomi Eve and Steve Stern as well as writers such as Michael Chabon. Nicola Morris sees this clay humanoid, created in Jewish legend for practical and spiritual purposes, as a metaphor for power and powerlessness and for the complexities and responsibilities surrounding the act of creation. Further, she employs the golem figure as a device to examine the problematic Holocaust representation in the second generation, the uncertain boundaries between fiction and historiography, the ethics of intertextuality and the writer's responsibility to literary, folkloric and oral sources. Morris concludes with an impassioned plea for the responsible uses of power, technology and language."--BOOK JACKET.
Series Statement
Twentieth century American Jewish writers ; v. 12
Uniform Title
Twentieth century American Jewish writers ; v. 12.
Subject
  • American fiction > History and criticism
  • Golem in literature
  • Mysticism in literature
  • Jews in literature
  • Holocaust survivors in literature
  • Israel > In literature
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [137]-142) and index.
Contents
Introduction : the golem in ancient and contemporary literature and folklore -- 1. Thane Rosenbaum's Second hand smoke and The Golems of Gotham -- 2. Nomi Eve's The family orchard -- 3. Steve Stern's Lazar Malkin Enters heaven and Mickey and the Golem -- Conclusion : Golems and Golem makers have always taken risks.
ISBN
  • 0820463841 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 9780820463841 (hardcover : alk. paper)
LCCN
2006024924
OCLC
  • ocm70823184
  • 70823184
  • SCSB-5364679
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries