LEADER 03751nam 2200709Ia 450 001 9910954779903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9786613601094 010 $a9781280571497 010 $a1280571497 010 $a9780300178111 010 $a0300178115 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300178111 035 $a(CKB)2670000000184067 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH24487054 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000647303 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11434966 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000647303 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10593594 035 $a(PQKB)10861126 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3420841 035 $a(DE-B1597)485968 035 $a(OCoLC)793206893 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300178111 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3420841 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10551239 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL360109 035 $a(OCoLC)923598152 035 $a(PPN)256708789 035 $a(Perlego)1089785 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000184067 100 $a20111011d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPromiscuous $ePortnoy's complaint and our doomed pursuit of happiness /$fBernard Avishai 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew Haven $cYale University Press$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (224 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a9780300151909 311 0 $a030015190X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tPrologue Teaching Notes --$t1. A Novel in the Form of a Confession The Enigma of Portnoy, Who Is Not Roth --$t2. Really Icky Portnoy as Satirist --$t3. "The Best Kind": Portnoy as the Object of Satire --$t4. Punch Line: Psychoanalysis as the Object of Satire --$tConclusion You Are Not True --$tNotes --$tAcknowledgments --$tIndex 330 $aThe publication of Portnoy's Complaint in 1969 provoked instant, powerful reactions. It blasted Philip Roth into international fame, subjected him to unrelenting personal scrutiny and conjecture, and shocked legions of readers-some delighted, others appalled. Portnoy and other main characters became instant archetypes, and Roth himself became a touchstone for conflicting attitudes toward sexual liberation, Jewish power, political correctness, Freudian language, and bourgeois disgust. What about this book inspired Richard Lacayo of Time to describe it as "a literary instance of shock and awe," and the Modern Library to list it among the 100 best English-language novels of the twentieth century? Bernard Avishai offers a witty exploration of Roth's satiric masterpiece, based on the prolific novelist's own writings, teaching notes, and personal interviews. In addition to discussing the book's timing, rhetorical gambit, and sheer virtuousity, Avishai includes a chapter on the Jewish community's outrage over the book and how Roth survived it, and another on the author's scorching treatment of psychoanalysis. Avishai shows that Roth's irreverent novel left us questioning who, or what, was the object of the satire. Hilariously, it proved the serious ways we construct fictions about ourselves and others. 517 3 $aPortnoy's complaint and our doomed pursuit of happiness 606 $aSatire, American$xHistory and criticism 606 $aJews in literature 615 0$aSatire, American$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aJews in literature. 676 $a813/.54 700 $aAvishai$b Bernard$0734640 701 $aLebowitz$b Brian E$01807142 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910954779903321 996 $aPromiscuous$94356708 997 $aUNINA