Woody on Rye
Jewishness in the Films and Plays of Woody Allen
Published on 3. December 2013
275 pages
978-1-61168-481-0 (ISBN)
Description
Although Woody Allen's 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 contributors-whose work is richly contextualized in the fields of literature, philosophy, film, theater, and comedy-examine the schlemiel, Allen and women, the Jewish take on the "morality of murder," Allen's take on Hebrew scripture and Greek tragedy, his stage work, his cinematic treatment of food and dining, and what happens to "Jew York" when Woody takes his films out of New York City. Considered together, these essays delineate the intellectual, artistic, and moral development of one of cinema's most durable and controversial directors.
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Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Overview
- The Gospel According to Woody by Vincent Brook
- Comparative Analysis
- The Birth of a Hebrew Tragedy by Marat Grinberg
- A Jew Leaves New York by Curtis Maloley
- Schlemiel Theory
- Woody Allen's Schlemiel by Menachem Feuer
- Woody the Gentile" by Joshua Louis Moss
- "Now You See Him, Now You Don't" by Peter J. Bailey
- Women's Issues
- Woody's Women by Giovanna P. Del Negro
- Reconstructing Woody by Shaina Hammerman
- Toot, Toot, Tootsie! (Goodbye)" by Elliot Shapiro
- Cultural Studies
- Digesting Woody by Nathan Abrams
- Schlemiel on Broadway by James Fisher
- Woody Allen: Filmography
- Woody Allen: Play List
- List of Contributors
- Index
