Woody on Rye: Jewishness in the Films and Plays of Woody Allen

Woody on Rye: Jewishness in the Films and Plays of Woody Allen
ISBN-10
1611684811
ISBN-13
9781611684810
Category
Social Science
Pages
313
Language
English
Published
2013-12-03
Publisher
Brandeis University Press
Authors
Vincent Brook, Marat Grinberg

Description

Although Woody AllenÕs films have received extensive attention from scholars and critics, no book has focused exclusively on Jewishness in his work, particularly that of the late 1990s and beyond. In this anthology, a distinguished group of contributorsÑwhose work is richly contextualized in the fields of literature, philosophy, film, theater, and comedyÑexamine the schlemiel, Allen and women, the Jewish take on the Òmorality of murder,Ó AllenÕs take on Hebrew scripture and Greek tragedy, his stage work, his cinematic treatment of food and dining, and what happens to ÒJew YorkÓ when Woody takes his films out of New York City. Considered together, these essays delineate the intellectual, artistic, and moral development of one of cinemaÕs most durable and controversial directors.

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