Philip Roth : new perspectives on an American author
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Philip Roth : new perspectives on an American author
Praeger, 2005
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-288) and index
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Description
Of all contemporary American writers, Philip Roth is perhaps the most ambitious, yet he is one of the most underrepresented in terms of critical attention given his place in American letters. Unlike many aging novelists, whose production and creative mastery wane over time, Roth has demonstrated a unique ability not only to sustain his literary output, but also to surpass the scope and talent inherent in his previous writings. He has been awarded many literary honors, and in the 1990s alone he won every major American book award. This long-overdue collection of essays covers Roth's entire output and links themes across works, highlighting those thoughts and ideas that recur frequently.
Unlike older introductions to Roth's writings, this volume will provide up-to-date coverage of all his works. Each chapter introduces the work or works under discussion, provides a brief summary of the story, and moves on to a lively analysis of its various literary elements and its significance in Roth's overall body of work. While each chapter focuses on the central issues in the specific work, several larger themes that run throughout many of his writings will be addressed, including the rise of suburbanization in post-war America, the problems and prominence of the family, American (Jewish) ethnicity, comedy and satire, the costs of literary celebrity, the promises and failures of the American dream, and others. Newcomers to and fans alike will find everything they need in this volume to build a better appreciation of Roth's work.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Still Resonant, Revelant, and Crazy After All These Years: Goodbye, Columbus and Five Short Stories by Jessica G. Rabin
Female Hysteria and Sisterhood in Letting Go and When She Was Good by Julie Husband
Getting in Your Retaliation First: Narrative Strategies in Portnoy's Complaint by David Brauner
Philip Roth, MVP: Our Gang, The Breast, and The Great American Novel by Anne Margaret Daniel
My Life as a Man: The Surprises Manhood Brings by Margaret Smith
How to Tell a True Ghost Story: The Ghost Writer and the Case of Anne Frank by Aimee Pozorski
The Ghosts of Zuckerman's Past: The Zuckerman Bound Series by Alexis Kate Wilson
En-Countering Pastorals in The Counterlife by Bonnie Lyons
Caught between The Facts and Deception by Richard Tuerk
The Measure of All Things: Patrimony by Benjamin Hedin
Operation Shylock: Double Double Jewish Trouble by Elaine B. Safer
A Little Stranger in the House: Madness and Identity in Sabbath's Theater by Ranen Omer-Sherman
Pastoral Dreams and National Identity in American Pastoral and I Married a Communist by Derek Parker Royal
Becoming Black: Zuckerman's Bifurcating Self in The Human Stain by Tim Parrish
Professing Desire: The Kepesh Novels by Kevin R. West
It Can Happen Here, or All in the Family Values: Surviving The Plot Against America by Alan Cooper
The "Written World" of Philip Roth's Nonfiction by Darren Hughes
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