The Jewish-American woman as artist: Cynthia Ozick and the "Paleface" tradition. (Philip Rahv's essay, "Paleface and Redskin")

From: College Literature | Date: June 1, 1993| Author: | Copyright information

An analysis of the writing style of Cynthia Ozick is presented amidst the backdrop of Philip Rahv's essay, Paleface and Redskin. This essay draws attention to the literary 'split personality' which combines the characteristics of both the intellectual and the raw. Ozick's belief in the ego as not being 'interesting' is portrayed as a connection between her commitments as a Jew and as a feminist.

A few years ago, on the fiftieth anniversary of Philip Rahv's essay, "Paleface and Redskin," Sanford Pinsker considered the current relevance of the 1939 analysis that became a touchstone critique ...

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