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UNINA9910791951903321 |
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Autore |
Brauner David <1968-> |
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Titolo |
Philip Roth / / David Brauner |
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Manchester, UK : , : Manchester University Press, , 2013 |
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©2007 |
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ISBN |
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0-7190-7425-8 |
1-78170-093-1 |
1-84779-164-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (x, 243 pages) : digital file(s) |
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Collana |
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Contemporary American and Canadian Writers |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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American fiction - 20th century - History and criticism |
Literature |
Literature: History & Criticism |
LITERARY CRITICISM / Jewish |
Literature: history & criticism |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Series editors' foreword; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 The trials of Nathan Zuckerman, or Jewry as jury: judging Jews in Zuckerman Bound; 3 The 'credible incredible and the incredible credible': generic experimentation in My Life as a Man, The Counterlife, The Facts, Deception and Operation Shylock; 4 Old men behaving badly: morality, mortality and masculinity in Sabbath's Theater; 5 History and the anti-pastoral: Utopian dreams and rituals of purification in the 'American Trilogy' |
6 Fantasies of flight and flights of fancy: rewriting history and retreating from trauma in The Plot Against AmericaAfterword; Works cited; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This is a groundbreaking study of the most important contemporary American novelist, Philip Roth. Reading the author alongside a number of his contemporaries, and focusing particularly on his later fiction, this book offers a highly accessible, informative and persuasive view of |
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