Political initiation in the novels of Philip Roth /
Brühwiler, Claudia Franziska,author.
Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--Swiss Institute for International Economics and Applied Economic Research (SIAW-HSG) of the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Framework. Beginnings and transitions in political science and literature -- Classical initiation stories. Political awakenings in The plot against America and Indignation -- Guided by the particularizer: I married a Communist -- Political odysseys: Prague, Israel, and elsewhere -- Initiation as radical self-invention. Passing and other escapes from the hereditary predicament -- The religious void, or terrorist art: fanaticism as a quest for identity -- De-initiation. For another go: (Zucker)man as a perpetual initiand -- Epilogue.
Roth, Philip
Political socialization in literature.
Political participation in literature.
Self in literature.