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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464537803321

Titolo

Roth and celebrity [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Aimee Pozorski

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, MD, : Lexington Books, c2012

ISBN

1-283-61815-X

0-7391-7062-7

9786613930606

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (203 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

PozorskiAimee L (Aimee Lynn)

Disciplina

813.54

Soggetti

Authors and readers - United States - History - 20th century

Popular culture - United States - History - 20th century

Celebrities - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Roth and Celebrity; 2 Paying Attention to the Man behind the Curtain; 3 Philip Roth's Lover's Quarrel; 4 Philip Roth and Film; 5 Philip Roth; 6 "Into Thin Air"; 7 Twilight of the Superheroes; 8 "And now . . . the feature attraction"; 9 Double-Consciousness and the Jewish Heart of Darkness; 10 Dis/simulation Within Metafiction; 11 Fanfare for Agoraphobia; Index; About the Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

Roth and Celebrity is composed of 10 original essays that consider the vexed and ambivalent relationship between Philip Roth and his own celebrity as revealed both in personal interviews as well as in the fiction that spans his publishing history.