"The story of Roth's creative life, [which] is not a biography-- though it contains a wealth of previously undisclosed biographical details and unpublished material--but something ultimately more rewarding: the exploration of a great writer through his art."
"The story of Roth's creative life, [which] is not a biography-- though it contains a wealth of previously undisclosed biographical details and unpublished material--but something ultimately more rewarding: the exploration of a great writer through his art"--Dust jacket flap "P…
A critical evaluation of Philip Roth -- the first of its kind -- that takes on the man, the myth, and his work from the debut novel, "Goodbye, Columbus," which won the National Book Award, to his Pulitzer Prize-winning "American Pastoral," to his eternally inventive later works …
"The story of Roth's creative life, [which] is not a biography-- though it contains a wealth of previously undisclosed biographical details and unpublished material--but something ultimately more rewarding: the exploration of a great writer through his art"--Dust jacket flap. "…
& Quot;An engagement with the continued importance of modernism is vital for building a nuanced account of the development of the novel after 1945. Bringing together internationally distinguished scholars of twentieth- and twenty-first-century literature, these essays reveal how…
by Cooper, Alan
fromSUNY Series in Modern Jewish Literature and Culture
by Cooper, Alan
fromSUNY Series in Modern Jewish Literature and Culture
by Cooper, Alan
fromSUNY Series in Modern Jewish Literature and Culture
by Cooper, Alan
fromSUNY Series in Modern Jewish Literature and Culture
by Cooper, Alan
fromSUNY Series in Modern Jewish Literature and Culture
by Cooper, Alan
fromSUNY Series in Modern Jewish Literature and Culture
In a style richly accessible to the general reader, this book presents Roth's secular Jewishness, with its own mysteries and humor, as most representative of the American Jewish experience. Thirty years into his career as a writer, Philip Roth remains known to most readers as a …
by Cooper, Alan
fromSUNY Series in Modern Jewish Literature and Culture
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"The ten novels explored in Critical Children portray children so vividly that their names are instantly recognizable. Richard Locke traces the 130-year evolution of these iconic child characters, moving from Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, and Pip in Great Expectations to Tom …
