Chapter Nostalgia and Creaturality in H. Leivick’s Тhe Golem
This article examines some of the constituent elements of an often metaphysical "Jewish angst" or "Jewish toska" found in the Yiddish language drama "The Golem" (Der goylem, 1921). In this masterpiece by Russian Jewish writer H. Leivick, the renowned man-made clay giant clay of ancient Kabbalah lege...
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| description | This article examines some of the constituent elements of an often metaphysical "Jewish angst" or "Jewish toska" found in the Yiddish language drama "The Golem" (Der goylem, 1921). In this masterpiece by Russian Jewish writer H. Leivick, the renowned man-made clay giant clay of ancient Kabbalah legend, is the creature of sixteenth-century Rabbi Loew, the Maharal of Prague, and becomes an emblem of Jewish melancholic nostalgia. Such toska is directed simultaneously at the ontologically distant Creator, supremely unattainable, and at the equally unreachable messianic era. The Golem's sense of estrangement from his own existence, explored here in tandem with Leivick's biography, ultimately renders him a personification of nostalgia itself. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-827152022-06-02T04:16:02Z Chapter Nostalgia and Creaturality in H. Leivick’s Тhe Golem Quercioli Mincer, Laura H. Leivick Yiddish Literature Russian Symbolism Golem Jewish Mysticism This article examines some of the constituent elements of an often metaphysical "Jewish angst" or "Jewish toska" found in the Yiddish language drama "The Golem" (Der goylem, 1921). In this masterpiece by Russian Jewish writer H. Leivick, the renowned man-made clay giant clay of ancient Kabbalah legend, is the creature of sixteenth-century Rabbi Loew, the Maharal of Prague, and becomes an emblem of Jewish melancholic nostalgia. Such toska is directed simultaneously at the ontologically distant Creator, supremely unattainable, and at the equally unreachable messianic era. The Golem's sense of estrangement from his own existence, explored here in tandem with Leivick's biography, ultimately renders him a personification of nostalgia itself. 2022-06-02T04:16:01Z 2022-06-02T04:16:01Z 2022-06-01T12:06:35Z 2015 chapter ONIX_20220601_9788866558224_5 2612-7679 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/55822 9788866558224 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/82715 eng Biblioteca di Studi Slavistici open access image/jpeg Attribution 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/55822/1/15568.pdf Firenze University Press 10.36253/978-88-6655-822-4.04 10.36253/978-88-6655-822-4.04 2ec4474d-93b1-4cfa-b313-9c6019b51b1a 9788866558224 18 Florence open access |
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