No Joke

No Joke
Author: Ruth R. Wisse
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2013-06-02
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0691149461


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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. A.

No Joke
Language: en
Pages: 296
Authors: Ruth R. Wisse
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-06-02 - Publisher: Princeton University Press

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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 He
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Pages: 311
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