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Cynthia Ozick's Comic Art From Levity to Liturgy

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ISBN-10: 0253313988

ISBN-13: 9780253313980

Edition: 1994

Authors: Sarah Blacher Cohen, Sarah B. Cohen

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Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication date: 2/22/1994
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 210
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.00" long x 0.85" tall
Weight: 0.990

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.

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Cynthia Ozick's Comic Art of Truth-Telling
Trust: Comedy of Manners and Morals
"Envy; or, Yiddish in America": Elegy, Satire, and Celebration
"The Pagan Rabbi," "Levitation," and "Usurpation": Wry Jokes on Realism
The Puttermesser Stories: Feminist Follies
The Cannibal Galaxy: From Caustic Humor to Midrashic Laughter
The Messiah of Stockholm and the "Cackle of Satire"
The Shawl: The Tragicomedy of Revolt and Survival
Conclusion: From Low to High Comedy
Selected Bibliography
Index