The Puttermesser Papers (Masterplots II: American Fiction Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Cynthia Ozick
- First Published: 1997
- Type of Plot: Magical Realism
- Time of Work: The late 1980’s
- Setting: New York City
- Principal Characters: Ruth Puttermesser, Morris Rappoport, Xanthippe, Rupert Rabeeno, Emil Hauchvogel
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: Feminism
- Locales: New York, NY
The Novel
The Puttermesser Papers is divided into five parts, which are further subdivided into several short chapters that trace the life history, including the life after death, of the novel’s feminist, Jewish, intellectual lawyer-heroine, Ruth Puttermesser. An amalgam of comedy and social satire, the book also includes supernatural fantasy derived from Jewish folklore, literary parody that inverts the conventions of historical sagas of great men who run for high public office, and a serious psychobiography of three famous nineteenth century figures. As a result,...
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