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

• Pubblicazione: Lanham, MD, : Lexington Books, c2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (203 p.)
• Disciplina: 813.54
• Soggetto topico: Authors and readers - United States - History - 20th century; Popular culture - United States - History - 20th century; Celebrities - United States
• Altri autori: PozorskiAimee L (Aimee Lynn)
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Roth and celebrity
• ISBN: 1-283-61815-X; 0-7391-7062-7; 9786613930606
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910788529603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II