Woody on Rye
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Woody on Rye

Jewishness in the Films and Plays of Woody Allen

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Woody on Rye

Jewishness in the Films and Plays of Woody Allen

About this book

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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INDEX

Adorno, Theodor, xxvi, 80, 82, 87, 96, 97
Alice (1990), 14, 71, 129, 131; and food, 227; magic, 71, 131, 132; schlemiel, 14
Allen, Woody: and children of, xxxiiin84, 12, 13, 26, 30; comedy/serious film conflict, 4, 5, 10, 11, 14, 60; existentialism, xix, xviii, 39, 40, 216; family background, 9, 124, 125, 164, 246, 255, 256; French reputation, 18, 21, 24; name change, xiv; religious upbringing, 124, 125, 255, 256; social conscience, xxi, xxv, xxvi, 61, 65, 67–69, 74. See also Allen’s persona; art, cinema; Borscht Belt; death; Farrow, Mia; Farrow/Previn scandal; gentile women; Jewish mother; Jewish women; Jewishness; Judaism, religion; love relationships; New York City; Previn, Soon-Yi; schlemiel; individual films, plays, prose
Allen’s persona, xix, xxiv, 3, 4, 13, 16, 17, 19, 122–38, 143, 144, 148, 179, 220, 230; and aging, xxvvii, 25, 26, 29, 166, 205, 251; in Allen’s plays, 235, 236, 243, 245–47, 250; Christian-Jewish dialectic, 100–118; European phase, xxiii, xxv, 60, 74; New York Jew, xii, xiv, xv, xxviii, 29, 59, 151, 182, 235, 236. See also schlemiel; individual films, plays, prose
Annie Hall (1977), ix, xiv, xx, xxiv, 9, 55, 79, 106, 193, 205; and Allen’s persona, 3, 26; anti-S...

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Introduction~Vincent Brook and Marat Grinberg
  6. Overview
  7. Comparative Analysis
  8. Schlemiel Theory
  9. Women’s Issues
  10. Cultural Studies
  11. Woody Allen: Filmography
  12. Woody Allen: Play List
  13. List of Contributors
  14. Index