Cynthia Ozick S Comic Art - From Levity to Liturgy

is the best way of telling the truth." -Daniel Walden

List of contents

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX

About the author

SARAH BLACHER COHEN is Professor of English at the University at Albany, State University of New York. She is author of Saul Bellow's Enigmatic Laughter and editor of From Hester Street to Hollywood, Jewish Wry, and Comic Relief.

Summary

Sheds light on the works of Cynthia Ozick, one of America's foremost writers. Arguing that Ozick's fiction is a form of comedy, this title interweaves religion and literature, and illuminates the complex relationship between the comic and the sacred. It explores Ozick's art in works such as "Trust", "The Cannibal Galaxy", and "The Pagan Rabbi".

Product details

• Authors: Sarah Blacher Cohen
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.02.1994
• EAN: 9780253313980
• ISBN: 978-0-253-31398-0
• No. of pages: 210
• Dimensions: 145 mm x 222 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 420 g
• Series: Jewish Literature and Culture; Indiana University Press (IPS)
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system