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No Joke: Making Jewish Humor - Library of Jewish Ideas
Ruth R. Wisse
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No Joke: Making Jewish Humor - Library of Jewish Ideas
Ruth R. Wisse
Humor is the most celebrated of all Jewish responses to modernity. In this book, Ruth Wisse evokes and applauds the genius of spontaneous Jewish joking--as well as the brilliance of comic masterworks by writers like Heinrich Heine, Sholem Aleichem, Isaac Babel, S. Y. Agnon, Isaac Bashevis Singer, and Philip Roth. At the same time, Wisse draws atten
296 pages, 14 halftones.
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | March 1, 2015 |
| ISBN13 | 9780691165813 |
| Publishers | Princeton University Press |
| Genre | Ethnic Orientation > Jewish - Interdisciplinary Studies > Jewish Studies |
| Pages | 296 |
| Dimensions | 206 × 129 × 20 mm · 332 g |
| Language | English |
