Description |
1 online resource (xii, 193 pages). |
Series |
Jewish literature and culture |
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Jewish literature and culture.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-189) and index. |
Summary |
Bringing to bear insights from Jewish, literary, and cultural studies, Sarah Blacher Cohen sheds new light on the works of one of America's foremost writers. Arguing persuasively that Ozick's fiction is a form of comedy, Cohen interweaves religion and literature, skillfully illuminating the complex relationship between the comic and the sacred. Where others have emphasized Ozick's intellectualism and Jewish learning, Cohen foregrounds whimsicality, grotesque realism, irony, satire, and exuberance as the defining characteristics of Ozick's art in such works as Trust, The Cannibal Galaxy, The Messiah of Stockholm, "The Pagan Rabbi," and the Puttermesser stories. |
Contents |
I. Introduction: Cynthia Ozick's Comic Art of Truth-Telling -- II. Trust: Comedy of Manners and Morals -- III. "Envy; or, Yiddish in America": Elegy, Satire, and Celebration -- IV. "The Pagan Rabbi," "Levitation," and "Usurpation": Wry Jokes on Realism -- V. The Puttermesser Stories: Feminist Follies -- VI. The Cannibal Galaxy: From Caustic Humor to Midrashic Laughter -- VII. The Messiah of Stockholm and the "Cackle of Satire" -- VIII. The Shawl: The Tragicomedy of Revolt and Survival -- IX. Conclusion: From Low to High Comedy. |
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Print version record. |
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Subject |
Ozick, Cynthia -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Ozick, Cynthia.
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Ozick, Cynthia. (OCoLC)fst00053651
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Ozick, Cynthia.
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Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Jewish women -- United States -- Intellectual life.
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Comic, The, in literature.
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Judaism in literature.
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Jews in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
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Comic, The, in literature. (OCoLC)fst00869197
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Jewish women -- Intellectual life.
(OCoLC)fst00983072
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Jews in literature. (OCoLC)fst00983388
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Judaism in literature. (OCoLC)fst00984461
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Women and literature. (OCoLC)fst01177093
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Komik.
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Literatur.
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United States.
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Juden.
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Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999
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Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Added Title |
Comic art |
Other Form: |
Print version: Cohen, Sarah Blacher. Cynthia Ozick's comic art. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©1994 0253313988 (DLC) 93013994 (OCoLC)28218057 |
ISBN |
0585225672 (electronic bk.) |
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9780585225678 (electronic bk.) |
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