This volume is for undergraduate and graduate students, and academic scholars studying and teaching the work of Philip Roth. The short, focused chapters offer students clear and concise overviews of contexts that shape Roth's work, without assuming in-depth knowledge. The chapters also offer scholars jumping off points for further research.
Written by leading scholars on Philip Roth from around the globe, this book offers new insight into the various contexts that inform his body of work. It opens with an overview of Roth''s life and literary influences, before turning to important critical, geographical, theoretical, cultural, and historical contexts. It closes with focused meditations on the various iterations of Roth''s legacy, from the screen to international translations of his work to his signature stylistic imprint on American letters. Together, all of these chapters reveal Roth''s range as a writer, as he interrogates American national identity and history, and explores the dimensions of the individual self.
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