Cynthia Ozick's fiction : tradition & invention
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Cynthia Ozick's fiction : tradition & invention
（Jewish literature and culture）
Indian University Press, c1993
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [252]-258) and index
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Description
" ...a rare combination of painstaking scholarship with dazzling critical intelligence and inventiveness. I expect that Kauvar will do for Ozick what F. R. Leavis once did for D. H. Lawrence - establish her as one of the distinctive and profound voices of twentieth-century fiction." - Edward Alexander. Cynthia Ozick's emphasis on tradition has made her, paradoxically, one of the most innovative writers of our time. Elaine M. Kauvar illuminates the intricacies of Ozick's texts, explores the dynamics of her creativity, and excavates her sources, contexts, and allusions. She provides readings of all of Ozick's fiction from her first published novel, "Trust", through "The Messiah of Stockholm". Working chronologically, Kauvar traces the development of the storyteller's thought and art, examines the themes that pervade Ozick's tales - the battle between Hebraism and Hellenism, the lure of paganism and the dangers of idolatry, the implications and consequences of assimilation, the perplexities of the artist and the besetting dangers of art - and demonstrates the dialectic existing between her tales, their shifting perspectives, and competing ideas.
Precisely because Ozick draws on the resources in her heritage, Kauvar concludes, she transcends narrow categories and defies rigid ideologies.
Table of Contents
Preface Acknowledgments One The Struggle for Exactitude Two The Insistent Sense of Recognition Three The Dread of Moloch Four The Uses of Fantasy Five The High Muse of Fusion Six The Magic Shawl Seven The Pulse of Ancestry Afterword Notes Works Cited Index
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