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- Briefly, “Eli, the Fanatic” is the story of the attempt by the prosperous, acculturated Jews of suburban Woodenton, New York, to evict from their community the small group of Orthodox Jewish “DPs” (Displaced Persons) who have just purchased a “sagging old mansion” in Woodenton to use as both a yeshiva and a home (249). 2 Young lawyer and soon-to-be father Eli Peck has been enlisted to represent his fellow Woodenton Jews; his foil is the yeshiva headmaster, Rabbi Leo Tzuref, who—along with his...
academic.oup.com/melus/article-abstract/39/3/89/2755647Fact, Fiction, and History in Philip Roth’s “Eli, the Fanatic”
The stores along Coach House Road tossed up a burst of yellow—it came to Eli as a secret signal from his townsmen: “Tell this Tzuref where we stand, Eli. This is a modern community, Eli, we have our families, we pay taxes. . .,”. Eli, burdened by the message, gave Tzuref a dumb weary stare.
ELI, THE FANATIC. Short Story by Philip Roth, 1959. Like all the other stories in Goodbye, Columbus, "Eli, the Fanatic" is distinctly Jewish in its subject and tone, and yet it is assuredly American, too.
“Eli, the Fanatic” Summary. On behalf of the townspeople of Woodenton, New York, lawyer Eli Peck meets with Leo Tzuref to notify him that he and his family must leave the town.
This essay uncovers the factual and historical foundation for the dramatic situation in Philip Roth’s short story “Eli, the Fanatic” (1959) and explores Roth’s manipulation of that historical foundation as he constructs the fictional world of his story.
May 30, 2014 · This essay explores the historical foundations for Philip Roth’s short story “Eli, the Fanatic” (1959) and the ways in which Roth both uses and manipulates historical facts—foreshadowing, in some respects, Roth’s later, more explicit postmodernist play with fact and fiction.
- Steven Fink
- 2014
May 25, 2015 · Eli, The Fanatic by Philip Roth, 1959. The magic trick: Tracking Eli’s different loyalties throughout the story. Poor Eli Peck is a man pulled in many different directions. The church.
This essay explores the historical foundations for Philip Roth's short story "Eli, the Fanatic" (1959) and the ways in which Roth both uses and manipulates historical facts-foreshadowing, in...
