Understanding Philip Roth (Understanding Contemporary American Literature)
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The main aim of this work is to provide a comprehensive guide to the major writings of Philip Roth, articulating the overlapping contexts of his fiction. Dealing with the range of Roth's work - starting with Goodbye, Columbus in 1959, and including works from the 1960s and 1970s such as When She was Good, Portnoy's Complaint and My Life as a Man to The Counterlife in 1987 - this analytic study elaborates the course of his career as a major western writer who responds to the modern situation, the contemporary Jewish and ethnic predicament, the problems of gender and American literary, social and political history.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0872496856
ISBN13:9780872496859
Release Date:June 1990
Publisher:Univ of South Carolina Pr
Weight:0.97 lbs.
Dimensions:7.3" x 0.8" x 5.3"
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