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Jewish Comedy: A Serious History

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Availability:In StockContributor:Jeremy DauberPublish date:2018-10-23Pages:384
Language:EnglishPublisher:W. W. Norton & CompanyISBN-13:9780393356298ISBN-10:393356299UPC:9780393356298Book Category:Literary Criticism, Social Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Jewish, Jewish StudiesSize:8.00 x 5.40 x 1.00 inchesWeight:0.6504Product ID:SC2AHNGYKS

In a major work of scholarship that explores the funny side of some very serious business (and vice versa), Jeremy Dauber examines the origins of Jewish comedy and its development from biblical times to the age of Twitter. Organizing Jewish comedy into "seven strands"--including the satirical, the witty, and the vulgar--he traces the ways Jewish comedy has mirrored, and sometimes even shaped, the course of Jewish history. Dauber also explores the classic works of such masters of Jewish comedy as Sholem Aleichem, Isaac Babel, Franz Kafka, the Marx Brothers, Woody Allen, Joan Rivers, Philip Roth, Mel Brooks, Sarah Silverman, Jon Stewart, and Larry David, among many others.

Language:EnglishPublisher:W. W. Norton & CompanyISBN-13:9780393356298ISBN-10:393356299UPC:9780393356298Book Category:Literary Criticism, Social Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Jewish, Jewish StudiesSize:8.00 x 5.40 x 1.00 inchesWeight:0.6504Product ID:SC2AHNGYKS
Dauber, Jeremy: - Jeremy Dauber is a professor of Jewish literature and American studies at Columbia University. He is the author of Jewish Comedy and The Worlds of Sholem Aleichem, both finalists for the National Jewish Book Award. He lives in New York City.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

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