Derek Parker Royal

Philip Roth (eBook, PDF)

New Perspectives on an American Author

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 316
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. April 2005
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780313018039
• Artikelnr.: 37815156

Autorenporträt

Derek Parker Royal is Assistant Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies at Johnson C. Smith University, USA and producer of The Comics Alternative podcast. He is the General Editor of the Bloomsbury Comics Studies Series, and his books include Visualizing Jewish Narrative: Jewish Comics and Graphic Novels (Bloomsbury Academic, 2016), Unfinalized Moments: Essays in the De elopement of Contemporary Jewish American Narrative (2012), and the forthcoming The Hernandez Brothers: Conversations.

Derek Parker Royal is Assistant Professor of English at Texas A&M University, Commerce. He has written numerous articles and book chapters on Roth and other topics, and he is the founder and president of the Philip Roth Society.

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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 Bibliography