4.0018 Golems in Literature and Film (32)
Elaine Brennan & Allen Renear (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Wed, 9 May 90 17:28:15 EDT
Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 4, No. 0018. Wednesday, 9 May 1990.
(1) Date: 9 May 90 00:34:00 EDT (18 lines)
From: O.B. Hardison, Jr. <ohar@guvax.georgetown.edu>
Subject: RE: 3.1354 Golems (48)
(2) Date: Wed, 9 May 90 11:01 EST (14 lines)
From: "N. MILLER" <NMILLER@TRINCC>
Subject: Golems yet again
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Date: 9 May 90 00:34:00 EDT
From: O.B. Hardison, Jr. <ohar@guvax.georgetown.edu>
Subject: RE: 3.1354 Golems (48)
Terry's reference to the iron man recalls Spenser's awesome proto-robot
Talus, who accompanies Arthegal, symbol of justice, in his adventures in
book V of the Faerie Queene. Just now, I'm not certain of the sources
of Spenser's image, but they are covered pretty well in the VARIORUM.
Another treatment of the golem can be found, with other brief refs. to
the Middle Ages, in Isasac Azimov's and Karen Frankel's ROBOTS:
Machines in Man's Image (New York: Harmony Books, 1985). - O. B.
Hardison, Jr.
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Date: Wed, 9 May 90 11:01 EST
From: "N. MILLER" <NMILLER@TRINCC>
Subject: Golems yet again
My thanks to Mark Ritchie for reminding us of Wegener's 1920 film version
of the Golem story. I've never seen it, but I now remember looking at
some stills. As to friend Kessler there at UCLA, who prefers Metropolis
to the e-less Harry Baur film, I wonder whether he might be conflating
Metro- polis (which as I recall has no mad genius and is anyway a
politically flabby if cinematographically influential flick) with
another Fritz Lang film: Mabuse, a theme he dealt with 3 and maybe 4
times. Maybe Mark Ritchie can come to our aid once more.
Norman Miller