A political companion to Philip Roth / edited by Claudia Franziska Bruhwiler and Lee Trepanier.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brühwiler, Claudia Franziska, editor.

Trepanier, Lee, 1972- editor.

Series:

Political companions to great American authors.

Political companions to great American authors series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Roth, Philip, 1933-2018--Political and social views.

Roth, Philip.

Politics in literature.

Political participation in literature.

Political socialization in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (299 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, [2017]

Summary:

Philip Roth is widely acknowledged as one of the twentieth century's most prolific and acclaimed writers. Roth's first novel, Goodbye, Columbus (1959), received the National Book Award, and he followed this stunning debut with more than thirty books-earning another National Book Award, two National Book Critics Circle awards, three PEN/Faulkner Awards, and the Pulitzer Prize. Throughout his career, Roth delighted in controversy but often denied that he sought a role as a public intellectual. His statements and vigorous support of suppressed writers in communist Czechoslovakia, however, tell a different story. In A Political Companion to Philip Roth, established and rising scholars explore the myriad political themes in the author's work. Several of the contributors examine Roth's writings on Jewish identity, Zionism, and American attitudes toward Israel, as well as the influence of his work in other countries. Others investigate Roth's articulation of the roles of gender and sexuality in US culture. This interdisciplinary examination offers a more complete portrait of Roth as a public intellectual and cultural icon. Not only will it fill a gap in scholarship, but it will also provide a broader perspective on the nature and purpose of the acclaimed writer's political thought.

Contents:

Front cover

Copyright page

Contents

Series Foreword

Written Remarks for the 2013 PEN Literary Gala

Introduction: Philip Roth's Political Thought

1 "An ear in search of a word"

2 Serving His Tour as an "Exasperated Liberal and Indignant Citizen"

3 The Politics and Literature of Unknowingness

4 Four Pathologies and a State of Sanity

5 Three Voices or One?

6 Roth at Century's End

7 "Novotny's Pain"

8 The Body Politic

9 Philip Roth and Life as a Man

10 The American Berserk in Sabbath's Theater (1995)

11 Philip Roth and the American "Underclass" in The Human Stain

Selected Bibliography

Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9780813169309

0813169305

9780813169293

0813169291

OCLC:

985204652