Jewish Poetics in Saul Bellow's Henderson the Rain King (1959).

Of all the novels in Saul Bellow's oeuvre , Henderson the Rain King (1959) seems to be the only one that is unrelated to Jewish life. Its plot revolves around an Anglo-Saxon millionaire, Eugene Henderson, who travels to Africa in search of answers to his existential crisis. This article shows that t...

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Published in:	Prooftexts Vol. 37; no. 1; pp. 102 - 129
Main Author:	Sutherland, Larissa
Format:	Article
Published:	Indiana University Press 2018
Subjects:	Bellow, Saul, 1915-2005 Henderson the Rain King (Book : Bellow) Holocaust, 1939-1945 Jewish American literature Jewish identity
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost