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Turning up the Flame: Philip Roth's Later Novels »

Authors: Jay L. Halio, Ben Siegel
ISBN-13: 9780874139020, ISBN-10: 0874139023
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: University of Delaware Press
Date Published: March 2005
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Jay L. Halio

Book Synopsis

In recent years, Philip Roth has astounded critics with both the quality and quantity of his literary output. In this volume, 14 original essays from leading scholars assess Roth's fiction of the last two decades. Particular attention has been paid to the interplay of autobiographical and fictional elements in his novels. Sample topics include Roth's treatment of Jewish identity, his fascination with the pastoral, and his use of the erotic. Distributed in the U.S. by Associated University Presses. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

	Preface	7
	Introduction : reading Philip Roth : facts and fancy, fiction and autobiography - a brief overview	17
	Philip Roth's fictions of self-exposure	31
	Textualizing the self : adultery, blatant fictions, and Jewishness in Philip Roth's Deception	58
	Texts, lives, and bellybuttons : Philip Roth's Operation Shylock and the renegotiation of subjectivity	68
	The travels of the American Talush	92
	Autobiography : false confession?	99
	Death, mourning, and Besse's ghost : from Philip Roth's The facts to sabbath's theater	115
	Philip Roth's American tragedies	125
	The end of identity : Philip Roth's Jewish American pastoral	131
	The critique of utopia in Philip Roth's The counterlife and American pastoral	151
	Newark maid feminism in Philip Roth's American pastoral	160
	Reading race and the conundrums of reconciliation in Philip Roth's The human stain	172
	The dying animal : the art of obsessing or obsessing about art?	194
	Eros and death in Roth's later fiction	200