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Author Cohen, Sarah Blacher.

Title Cynthia Ozick's comic art : from levity to liturgy / Sarah Blacher Cohen.

Publication Info. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [1994]
©1994

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 193 pages).
Series Jewish literature and culture
Jewish literature and culture.
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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Subject Ozick, Cynthia -- Criticism and interpretation.
Ozick, Cynthia.
Ozick, Cynthia. (OCoLC)fst00053651
Ozick, Cynthia.
Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Jewish women -- United States -- Intellectual life.
Comic, The, in literature.
Judaism in literature.
Jews in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
Comic, The, in literature. (OCoLC)fst00869197
Jewish women -- Intellectual life. (OCoLC)fst00983072
Jews in literature. (OCoLC)fst00983388
Judaism in literature. (OCoLC)fst00984461
Women and literature. (OCoLC)fst01177093
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Komik.
Literatur.
United States.
Juden.
Chronological Term 1900 - 1999
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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.)
9780585225678 (electronic bk.)
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