Major Phases of Philip Roth
Publisher: Continuum International Pub. Group
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Number of pages: 201
ISBN-13: 9781441186317
Subjects: Literature; Criticism and interpretation
Description: Fifty years into Philip Roths career, agreement has not yet been reached on the nature of his achievement. Is he the post-war Jewish-American writer par excellence, or a hyphenless American, commentator of American experience? Is he the faithful defender of the realist tradition, a citizen of the world, or the playful postmodernist?The Major Phases of Philip Roth confronts his remarkable diversity by accounting for each stage of Rothian preoccupation, from the comedy and seriousness to the Judaism and psychoanalysis. This refreshing study is not intent on locating a single unifying theme. Featu.
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Table of contents: title: Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Timeline; Introduction Inward / Outward; Chapter 1 The American Jewish Experience and the New York Intellectuals: Goodbye, Columbus; Chapter 2 The Idea of Seriousness: Portnoy's Complaint; Chapter 3 Franz Kafka, Anne Frank, and Roth's "Personal Culture": After Portnoy I; Chapter 4 The Freudian Lock: After Portnoy II; Chapter 5 Nonfiction Writings; Chapter 6 The American Experience: American Pastoral, I Married a Communist, and The Human Stain; Conclusion (There's no) Remaking Reality; Notes.