The Devil’s Party

Reading and Wreaking Vengeance in The Castle in the Forest

Authors

  • Fannie Peczenik Author

Keywords:

The Castle in the Forest, Adolf Hitler, Holocaust and memory, retributive justice and vengeance, narrative voice, Jewish identity and cultural response

Abstract

A close reading of the importance of place in Mailer’s last novel.

Author Biography

  • Fannie Peczenik

    Fannie Peczenik is a writer, translator, and independent scholar. She has written on seventeenth century English literature, translated Yiddish poetry, and occasionally writes on ornithology. A memoir, “Baggage Allowance: Triptych,” recently appeared in EAPSU Online: A Journal of Critical and Creative Work. She is a longtime member of the Princeton Research Forum.

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Published

2026-06-16

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 1 (2011): Norris Mailer: A Life in Words

Section

Articles