From the moment that his debut book, Goodbye, Columbus (1959), won him the National Book Award, Philip Roth has been among the most influential and controversial writers of our age. Now the author of more than twenty novels, numerous stories, two memoirs, and two books of literary criticism, Roth has used his writing to continually reinvent himself and in doing so to remake the American literary landscape. This Companion provides the most comprehensive introduction to his works and thought in a collection of newly commissioned essays from distinguished scholars. Beginning with the urgency of Roth's early fiction and extending to the vitality of his most recent novels, these essays trace Roth's artistic engagement with questions about ethnic identity, postmodernism, Israel, the Holocaust, sexuality, and the human psyche itself. With its chronology and guide to further reading, this Companion will be essential for new and returning Roth readers, students and scholars.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13
9780521864305
eBay Product ID (ePID)
94408244
Product Key Features
Book Title
The Cambridge Companion to Philip Roth
Author
Timothy Parrish
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Literature
Publication Year
2007
Number of Pages
196 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
235mm
Item Width
158mm
Item Weight
453g
Additional Product Features
Series Title
Cambridge Companions to Literature
Editor
Timothy Parrish
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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