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"Ruth Wisse's electrifying undressing of Jewish wit catapults us well past Freud's far more inhibited perceptions and into the naked precincts of tragic insight. Riffing through the laughter thrown up by the interpenetrations of language, history, and the political culture of variegated societies, Wisse uncovers subversion, paradox, fright, anger, grief, and the often defeated imagination of reversal. Tickle the funny bone long enough, she warns, and hilarity will expose dread. This stirringly original study of Jewish joking reveals the darker irony that underlies the comedic ironies of the Jewish mind at play."--Cynthia Ozick
"One of the most interesting and insightful books about comedy I've ever read. I learned a lot, and I laughed a lot."--B. J. Novak, writer and actor, The Office
"This is a wise and witty book, and a necessary one, too, because Jewish humor hasn't always received the commentary and analysis it deserves. Almost every page of this fine new work offers something to learn from or laugh about--or both."--William Novak, coeditor of The Big Book of Jewish Humor
"The funniest thing since we let the goyim into show business."--David Mamet
"It's a treat. The jokes are abundant, well chosen, and funny; and Ruth Wisse brings Harvard scholarship to our wonderful Yiddish treasury of humor. A salute and congratulations to Professor Wisse."--Herman Wouk
"An essential examination of Jewish humor. Ruth Wisse ably traces the subject through high literature and low culture, from Heine to Borat, offering new and glimmering insights in each case. She takes on the difficult questions, not least the one of utility: has humor helped the Jews, and does it help them still? No Joke is vastly erudite, deeply informative, and delightfully written--plus it's got plenty of good jokes. What more could one ask for?"--Jeremy Dauber, Columbia University
"No Joke is both an anthology and running interpretation of Jewish humor. Ruth Wisse provides original treatments of Heine, Kafka, Sholem Aleichem, Israel Zangwill, Leonard Q. Ross (Leo Rosten), Sh. Y. Agnon, and Philip Roth, among many others. In an age of books that cover four or five disparate figures and call themselves wide-ranging, No Joke is a return to the ambition of comprehensiveness and to the confidence that scholarship might appeal to the common educated reader. I can't recommend the book more highly."--D. G. Myers, Ohio State University
Detalles
- Título No Joke: Making Jewish Humor
- Autor Ruth R. Wisse
- Encuadernación Tapa dura
- Edición 1st ptg.
- Páginas 296
- Volúmenes 1
- Idioma ENG
- Editorial Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ
- Fecha de publicación 2013-06
- Ilustrado Sí
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
- ISBN 9780691149462 / 0691149461
- Peso 1.04 libras (0.47 kg)
- Dimensiones 8.81 x 5.68 x 0.92 pulgadas (22.38 x 14.43 x 2.34 cm)
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Temas
- Ethnic Orientation: Jewish
- Interdisciplinary Studies: Jewish Studies
- Library of Congress subjects Jewish wit and humor - History and criticism, Jews - Humor - History and criticism
- Número de catálogo de la Librería del Congreso de EEUU 2012051631
- Dewey Decimal Code 809.798
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Citas
- Choice, 10/01/2013, Page 0
- Christian Century, 06/12/2013, Page 41
- Kirkus Reviews, 04/15/2013, Page 0
- Library Journal, 05/15/2013, Page 95
- New York Times Book Review, 06/02/2013, Page 38
- Publishers Weekly, 04/01/2013, Page 0
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