History and Technology in Dara Horn's "A Guide for the Perplexed"

Essay from the year 2022 in the subject American Studies - Literature, , language: English, abstract: The paper depicts how female explorers, beginning in the Victorian era, discover previously overlooked or ignored intricacies in historical understanding. It explores and advocates for a historicist viewpoint on culture, politics, history, and social realities in both the time periods in which "A Guide for the Perplexed" is set. It also draws on themes of history and technology therefore the structuralist approach is used. All of Horn's characters, whether heroic and wicked, are all too realistic in this investigation of Jewish culture while discovering how their identities evolve, so do their prospects.