Wit and Jewish tradition in the Schnorrer by Israel Zangwill

  • Stefania Rutigliano University of Bari Aldo Moro
DOI: https://doi.org/10.13125/2039-6597/2167
Keywords: Zangwill, wit, Freud

Abstract

According to Freud's view in his essay Der Witz und seine Beziehung zum Umbewusstsein, this article refers to the ironic use of Jewish tradition in Zangwill's novel and to its intersections with other literary examples (picaresque novel, Sterne). In particular this article point out the relation between the main use of logical wits and the question of Jewish identity.

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Author Biography

Stefania Rutigliano, University of Bari Aldo Moro
Stefania Rutigliano is researcher of Comparative Literature at the University of Bari.

References

Fein, Isaac. M., “Israel Zangwill and American Jewry: A Documentary Study”, American Jewish Historical Quarterly, 60.1 (1970): 12-36.

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Zangwill, Israel, Il re degli Schnorrer, Milano, Feltrinelli, 1979.

Published
2016-12-30
How to Cite
Rutigliano, S. (2016). Wit and Jewish tradition in the Schnorrer by Israel Zangwill. Between, 6(12). https://doi.org/10.13125/2039-6597/2167
Issue
Vol 6 No 12 (2016): Who Laughs Last: Parody Satire Humours
Section
With God or Against God, but Never without God. The Laugh in Writing (and Rewriting)

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