Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    A Study Guide for Isaac Bashevis Singer's "Henne Fire"
    A Study Guide for Isaac Bashevis Singer's "Henne Fire"
    A Study Guide for Isaac Bashevis Singer's "Henne Fire"
    Ebook37 pages26 minutes

    A Study Guide for Isaac Bashevis Singer's "Henne Fire"

    By Gale and Cengage

    ()

    Read preview

    About this ebook

    A Study Guide for Isaac Bashevis Singer's "Henne Fire," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Short Stories for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Short Stories for Students for all of your research needs.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCengage Learning - Gale
    Release dateJul 15, 2016
    ISBN9781535824675
    A Study Guide for Isaac Bashevis Singer's "Henne Fire"

    Read more from Gale

    Related to A Study Guide for Isaac Bashevis Singer's "Henne Fire"

    Related ebooks

    Teaching Methods & Materials For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      Journey of Mann

      Oct 10, 2021

      Journey of Mann
      2 min read

    • Article

      The West Africa Squadron

      Dec 19, 2017

      The West Africa Squadron
      8 min read

    • Article

      Chris Jennings

      Dec 8, 2020

      Chris Jennings
      3 min read

    • Article

      Nothingism

      Mar 1, 2019

      Nothingism
      11 min read

    • Article

      Jil Sander

      Mar 10, 2017

      Jil Sander
      1 min read

    • Article

      Aurangzeb: Temple destroyer?

      Apr 22, 2021

      Aurangzeb: Temple destroyer?
      1 min read

    • Article

      Enigma From the East

      Dec 3, 2018

      Enigma From the East
      4 min read

    • Article

      Reconstructing A Self-destructive Life

      Oct 27, 2022

      JOSEPH ROTH LIVED HIS LIFE on the peripheries and between the gaps of European civilisation. He was born in Brody, now in Ukraine but then a shtetl at the easternmost edge of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He yearned to escape west to Vienna, where he

      4 min read

    • Article

      Allan Gurganus

      Mar 9, 2021

      Allan Gurganus
      30 min read

    • Article

      Venice Peach

      Oct 2, 2023

      1. THE DRESSMAKER AND THE HIDDEN SOLDIER by Doug Gold (A&U) WWII thriller about Kiwi soldier and Greek dressmaker 2. SUMMER FAVOURITES by Vanya Insull (A&U) Recipes from @vj_cooks 3. TE REO KAPEKAPE: Māori Wit and Humour by Hona Black (Oratia) Having

      4 min read

    • Article

      Tuesday New Release Day: Starring Que Mai, Kalb, Ramey, Lisicky, and More

      Mar 17, 2020

      Check out these new books from Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, Bess Kalb, Sarah Ramey, and Paul Lisicky—all publishing this week. The post Tuesday New Release Day: Starring Que Mai, Kalb, Ramey, Lisicky, and More appeared first on The Millions.

      5 min read

    • Article

      The Art of PoetryNo. 110

      Dec 1, 2020

      The Art of PoetryNo. 110
      31 min read

    • Article

      No Pain, No Gain

      Jul 12, 2023

      No Pain, No Gain
      5 min read

    • Article

      Tuesday New Release Day: Starring Wright, Zauner, Simon, and More

      Apr 20, 2021

      Here’s a quick look at some notable books—new titles from Richard Wright, Michelle Zauner, our own Ed Simon, and more—that are publishing this week. The post Tuesday New Release Day: Starring Wright, Zauner, Simon, and More appeared first on The Mill

      3 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for A Study Guide for Isaac Bashevis Singer's "Henne Fire"

    0 ratings

    0 ratings0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

      Book preview

      A Study Guide for Isaac Bashevis Singer's "Henne Fire" - Gale

      4

      Henne Fire

      Isaac Bashevis Singer

      1968

      Introduction

      Isaac Bashevis Singer’s short story Henne Fire first appeared in the magazine Playboy and then in his 1968 collection entitled The Séance. Singer wrote this story, as he did his other works, in Yiddish, despite being fluent in English; the author and Dorothea Straus translated the story into English. Many critics and readers considered Singer a master of the short story form; among his numerous awards, he received the 1978 Nobel Prize in literature.

      Henne Fire takes place in a small Polish village sometime before World War I but after the middle of the nineteenth century. The story is filled with supernatural and magical elements, and is told by one of Henne’s neighbors in a familiar and intimate style. Henne Fire is a woman whose erratic and frightening behavior prompts the tale’s narrator to refer to her as not a human being but a fire from Gehenna, an ancient word for hell. In the story, Henne’s family flees her home, unable to tolerate the sting of her venomous words and physical abuse. Many of Henne’s neighbors are afraid of her, as well, having witnessed her violence and paranoia, and simply want her to move to another town. Other villagers, including the local rabbi, try to make Henne’s life bearable while striving to protect the townspeople from her wrath and her strange propensity to ignite nearly everything around her.

      Author Biography

      Isaac Bashevis Singer was born Icek-Hersz Zynger in Radzymin, Poland, on July 14, 1904. He was the son of a rabbi, and the grandson of two rabbis. Singer spent his youth studying sacred Jewish texts, such as the Torah, the Cabala, and the Talmud, in preparation for a life as a rabbi.

      Singer spent his childhood years in Warsaw and in the shtetl—the term used to describe the exclusively Jewish villages throughout Eastern Europe that were wiped out during Adolph Hitler’s campaign against the Jews in the 1930s and 1940s—of Radzymin, Poland. While these locales had a major influence in the settings and references in his stories, Singer’s single greatest influence was his older brother, Israel Joshua Singer, a secular Yiddish writer.

      Singer forsook his intended career as a

      Enjoying the preview?
      Page 1 of 1