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Author : Arnold L. Goldsmith
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ISBN 13 : 9780608177366
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (773 download)
Download or read book The Golem Remembered, 1909-1980 written by Arnold L. Goldsmith and published by . This book was released on with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Arnold Goldsmith
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Download or read book The Golem Remembered 1909-1980: Variations of a Legend written by Arnold Goldsmith and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Arnold L. Goldsmith
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Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (16 download)
Download or read book THE GOLEM REMEMBERED, 1909 - 1980 (NINETEEN HUNDRED AND NINE TO NINETEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY) : VARIATIONS OF A JEWISH LEGEND. written by Arnold L. Goldsmith and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Arnold L. Goldsmith
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Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book The Golem Remembered, 1909-1980 written by Arnold L. Goldsmith and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Nicola Morris
Publisher : Peter Lang
ISBN 13 : 9780820463841
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (638 download)
Download or read book The Golem in Jewish American Literature written by Nicola Morris and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2007 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Author : Elizabeth R. Baer
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
ISBN 13 : 0814336272
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (143 download)
Download or read book The Golem Redux written by Elizabeth R. Baer and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 2012-04-15 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the history of the golem legend and its appropriations in German texts and film as well as in post-Holocaust Jewish-American fiction, comics, graphic novels, and television. 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. In The Golem Redux: From Prague to Post-Holocaust Fiction, author Elizabeth R. 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 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, including texts from the third and fourth centuries and from the medieval period; Prague’s golem legend, which is attributed to the Maharal, Rabbi Judah Loew; the history of the Josefov, the Jewish ghetto in Prague, the site of the golem legend; and versions of the legend by Yudl Rosenberg and Chayim Bloch, which informed and influenced modern intertexts. In the chapters that follow, Baer traces the golem first in pre-Holocaust Austrian and German literature and film and later in post-Holocaust American literature and popular culture, arguing that the golem has been deployed very differently in these two contexts. Where prewar German and Austrian contexts used the golem as a signifier of Jewish otherness to underscore growing anti-Semitic cultural feelings, post-Holocaust American texts use the golem to depict the historical tragedy of the Holocaust and to imagine alternatives to it. In this section, Baer explores traditional retellings by Isaac Bashevis Singer and Elie Wiesel, the considerable legacy of the golem in comics, Michael Chabon’s The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, and, finally, "Golems to the Rescue" in twentieth- and twenty-first-century works of film and literature, including those by Cynthia Ozick, Thane Rosenbaum, and Daniel Handler. By placing the Holocaust at the center of her discussion, Baer illustrates how the golem works as a self-conscious intertextual character who affirms the value of imagination and story in Jewish tradition. Students and teachers of Jewish literature and cultural history, film studies, and graphic novels will appreciate Baer’s pioneering and thought-provoking volume.
Author : Valerie Estelle Frankel
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 179363713X
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (936 download)
Download or read book Jewish Science Fiction and Fantasy through 1945 written by Valerie Estelle Frankel and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-06-17 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Science fiction first emerged in the Industrial Age and continued to develop into its current form during the twentieth century. This book analyses the role Jewish writers played in the process of its creation and development. The author provides a comprehensive overview, bridging such seemingly disparate themes and figures as the ghetto legends of the golem and their influence on both Frankenstein and robots, the role of, Jewish authors and publishers in developing the first science fiction magazine in New York in the 1930s, and their later contributions to new and developing medial forms like comics and film. Drawing on the historical context and the positions Jews held in the larger cultural environment, the author illustrates how themes and tropes in science fiction and fantasy relate back to the realities of Jewish life in the face of global anti-Semitism, the struggle to assimilate in America, and the hope that was inspired by the founding of Israel.
Author : E. Avery
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230604846
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (36 download)
Download or read book Modern Jewish Women Writers in America written by E. Avery and published by Springer. This book was released on 2007-05-28 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection includes groundbreaking essays, and interviews with scholars and writers which reveal that despite pressures of assimilation, personal goals, and in some cases, anti-Semitism, they have never been able to divorce their lives or literature from their heritage.
Author : Dominick Grace
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786470828
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)
Download or read book The Science Fiction of Phyllis Gotlieb written by Dominick Grace and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-01-26 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gotlieb is a writer central to the Canadian science fiction canon. Though she has been called the queen of Canadian SF by Robert J. Sawyer, and though David Ketterer has suggested that she is Canadian SF, Gotlieb has been largely overlooked by SF studies. This book delves deeply into her body of work and traces her career in detail. Offering close readings of Gotlieb's novels, short stories (including ones not reprinted since their initial appearances), and SF-related poetry, this study explores Gotlieb's development as a writer and her characteristic themes. The book also references her manuscripts when the differences between them and the published stories provide insights into her working methods. The book enumerates and analyzes Gotlieb's innovative explorations of common SF tropes such as the superhuman, human-alien interaction, and the galactic empire, her prevalent thematic concerns (e.g., reproduction, colonization, the mind-body relationship, the essence of "humanity") as well as her stylistically dense and literary approach to the genre.
Author : Cathy S. Gelbin
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 0472117599
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (721 download)
Download or read book The Golem Returns written by Cathy S. Gelbin and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring the role of the golem in the formation of modern Jewish culture
Author : Wheeler W. Dixon
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 0813547954
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (135 download)
Download or read book A History of Horror written by Wheeler W. Dixon and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever since horror leapt from popular fiction to the silver screen in the late 1890s, viewers have experienced fear and pleasure in exquisite combination. A History of Horror, with rare stills from classic films, is the only book to offer a comprehensive survey of this ever-popular film genre. Chronologically examining over fifty horror films from key periods, this one-stop sourcebook unearths the historical origins of legendary characters and explores how the genre fits into the Hollywood studio system and how its enormous success in American and European culture expanded globally over time.
Author : Wheeler Winston Dixon
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 1978833601
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (788 download)
Download or read book A History of Horror, 2nd Edition written by Wheeler Winston Dixon and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2023-02-10 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever since horror leapt from popular fiction to the silver screen in the late 1890s, viewers have experienced fear and pleasure in exquisite combination. Wheeler Winston Dixon's fully revised and updated A History of Horror is still the only book to offer a comprehensive survey of this ever-popular film genre. Arranged by decades, with outliers and franchise films overlapping some years, this one-stop sourcebook unearths the historical origins of characters such as Dracula, Frankenstein, and the Wolfman and their various incarnations in film from the silent era to comedic sequels. In covering the last decade, this new edition includes coverage of the resurgence of the genre, covering the swath of new groundbreaking horror films directed by women, Black and queer horror films, and a new international wave in body horror films. A History of Horror explores how the horror film fits into the Hollywood studio system, how the distribution and exhibition of horror films have changed in a post-COVID world, and how its enormous success in American and European culture expanded globally over time. Dixon examines key periods in the horror film-in which the basic precepts of the genre were established, then banished into conveniently reliable and malleable forms, and then, after collapsing into parody, rose again and again to create new levels of intensity and menace. A History of Horror, supported by rare stills from classic films, brings over sixty timeless horror films into frightfully clear focus, zooms in on today's top horror Web sites, and champions the stars, directors, and subgenres that make the horror film so exciting and popular with contemporary audiences.
Author : Julie Carpenter
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134802501
Total Pages : 187 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (348 download)
Download or read book Culture and Human-Robot Interaction in Militarized Spaces written by Julie Carpenter and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-02-26 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) personnel are some of the most highly trained people in the military, with a job description that spans defusing unexploded ordnance to protecting VIP’s and state dignitaries. EOD are also one of the first military groups to work with robots every day. These robots have become an increasingly important tool in EOD work, enabling people to work at safer distances in many dangerous situations. Based on exploratory research investigating interactions between EOD personnel and the robots they use, this study richly describes the nuances of these reciprocal influences, especially those related to operator emotion associated with the robots. In particular, this book examines the activities, processes and contexts that influence or constrain everyday EOD human-robot interactions, what human factors are shaping the (robotic) technology and how people and culture are being changed by using it. The findings from this research have implications for future personnel training, and the refinement of robot design considerations for many fields that rely on critical small group communication and decision-making skills.
Author : Ruth Bienstock Anolik
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476633401
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)
Download or read book American Gothic Literature written by Ruth Bienstock Anolik and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2018-12-03 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American Gothic literature inherited many time-worn tropes from its English Gothic precursor, along with a core preoccupation: anxiety about power and property. Yet the transatlantic journey left its mark on the genre—the English ghostly setting becomes the wilderness haunted by spectral Indians. The aristocratic villain is replaced by the striving, independent young man. The dispossession of Native Americans and African Americans adds urgency to traditional Gothic anxieties about possession. The unchanging role of woman in early Gothic narratives parallels the status of American women, even after the Revolution. Twentieth-century Gothic works offer inclusion to previously silent voices, including immigrant writers with their own cultural traditions. The 21st century unleashes the zombie horde—the latest incarnation of the voracious American.
Author : Hillel J. Kieval
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520921160
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (211 download)
Download or read book Languages of Community written by Hillel J. Kieval and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2000-12-26 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a keen eye for revealing details, Hillel J. Kieval examines the contours and distinctive features of Jewish experience in the lands of Bohemia and Moravia (the present-day Czech Republic), from the late eighteenth to the late twentieth century. In the Czech lands, Kieval writes, Jews have felt the need constantly to define and articulate the nature of group identity, cultural loyalty, memory, and social cohesiveness, and the period of "modernizing" absolutism, which began in 1780, brought changes of enormous significance. From that time forward, new relationships with Gentile society and with the culture of the state blurred the traditional outlines of community and individual identity. Kieval navigates skillfully among histories and myths as well as demography, biography, culture, and politics, illuminating the maze of allegiances and alliances that have molded the Jewish experience during these 200 years.
Author : Christopher P. Toumey
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780813522852
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (228 download)
Download or read book Conjuring Science written by Christopher P. Toumey and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Toumey focuses on the ways in which the symbols of science are employed to signify scientific authority in a variety of cases, from the selling of medical products to the making of public policy about AIDS/HIV--a practice he calls "conjuring" science. It is this "conjuring" of the images and symbols of scientific authority that troubles Toumey and leads him to reflect on the history of public understanding and perceptions of science in the United States.
Author : Caron Lipman
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317164687
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (171 download)
Download or read book Co-habiting with Ghosts written by Caron Lipman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-05-23 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How does it feel to live in a ’haunted home’? How do people negotiate their everyday lives with the experience of uncanny, anomalous or strange events within the domestic interior? What do such experiences reveal of the intersection between the material, immaterial and temporal within the home? How do people interpret, share and narrate experiences which are uncertain and unpredictable? What does this reveal about contested beliefs and different forms of knowledge? And about how people ’co-habit’ with ghosts, a distinctive self - other relationship within such close quarters? This book sets out to explore these questions. It applies a non-reductive middle-ground approach which steers beyond an uncritical exploration of supernatural experiences without explaining them away by recourse only to wider social and cultural contexts. The book attends to the ways in which households in England and Wales understand their experience of haunting in relation to ideas of subjectivity, gender, materiality, memory, knowledge and belief. It explores home as a place both dynamic and differentiated, illuminating the complexity of ’everyday’ experience - the familiarity of the strange as well as the strangeness of the familiar - and the ways in which home continues to be configured as a distinctive space.
