Herzog (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Saul Bellow
- First Published: 1964
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: The early 1960’s
- Setting: New York City, Chicago, Ludeyville, and the Berkshires
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: 1960’s, New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Philosophy or philosophers, New York City, Marriage, Chicago, Mental illness, Adultery, Letter writing, Divorce, Amputation, amputees, or prosthetics
- Locales: New York, NY, Chicago, IL, Berkshires, MA
Characters Discussed
Moses Elkanah Herzog, an unemployed American professor and intellectual whose major interest is the history of ideas. He is forty-seven years old, with a lined face and graying hair. Descended from Russian Jewish immigrants who were notably unsuccessful in the United States, he has lost his direction in life and spends his time writing letters—which he does not intend to mail—to friends, acquaintances, celebrities, and leaders, past and present. These letters combine his thoughts on a wide variety of subjects including science, philosophy, psychology,...
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