The Golem redux : from Prague to post-Holocaust fiction / Elizabeth R. Baer.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Baer, Elizabeth Roberts
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Detroit : Wayne State University Press, ©2012.
Subjects:	Golem in literature. Golem. Comic books, strips, etc. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary. Golem Golem in literature
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Table of Contents:

The Golem redux: variations on the Golem legend in Jewish tradition
German-language appropriations: the Golem runs amok. Gustav Meyerink, Der Golem (1915). Paul Wegener, Der Golem: Wie er in die Welt kam (German film, 1920). Julien Duvivier, Le Golem: The Legend of Prague (French film, 1936)
Traditional retellings of the Golem legend. Isaac Bashevis Singer, The Golem (1969, 1982). Elie Wiesel, The Golem (1983). Frances Sherwood, The Book of Splendor (2002)
The comics connection. Marvel Comics: Strange Tales Featuring the Golem (1970s). James Sturm, The Golem's Mighty Swing (2001). Pete Hamill, Snow in August (1997). Michael Chabon, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay (2000)
Golems to the rescue. Cynthia Ozick, The Puttermesser Papers (1997). Thane Rosenbaum, The Golems of Gotham (2002). The X-Files: "Kaddish" (1997). Daniel Handler, Watch Your Mouth (2000)
Epilogue.

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