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Mocking the age : the later novels of Philip Roth / Elaine B. Safer.

Mocking the age : the later novels of Philip Roth / Ela...

Mocking the age : the later novels of Philip Roth / Elaine B. Safer.

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Mocking the age : the later novels of Philip Roth / Elaine B. Safer.

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Full title

Mocking the age : the later novels of Philip Roth / Elaine B. Safer.

Author / Creator

Publisher

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2006.

Call Numbers

N813.54/785

Record Identifier

74VKKKVJ6l8Z

MMS ID

991021809009702626

Language

English

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Physical Description

Physical content

x, 219 p. ; 24 cm.

Contents

Introduction : sheer playfulness and deadly seriosness -- From The ghost writer to The counterlife : comic incongruity and the road to postmodernism -- Operation Shylock : the double, the comic and the quest for identity -- Sabbath's theater : Sabbath's fear of death--raunchy? picaresque? heroic? --...

Publication information

Publisher

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2006.

Place of Publication

New York (State)

Date Published

c2006.

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Scope and Contents

Summary

"The first comprehensive assessment of Philip Roth's later novels, Mocking the Age offers insightful readings that explore how these works satirize our contemporary culture. From The Ghost Writer to The Plot Against America, Roth uses humor to address deadly serious matters, including social and political issues, psychological problems, postmodern...

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Full title

Mocking the age : the later novels of Philip Roth / Elaine B. Safer.

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Author / Creator

Notes

General note

SUNY series in modern Jewish literature and culture.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-205) and index.

Contextual Information

Date Copyright

c2006.

Other version (online)

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Call Numbers

N813.54/785

Record Identifier

74VKKKVJ6l8Z

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKKKVJ6l8Z

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ISBN

0791467104

9780791467091 (hardcover : alk. paper)

0791467090 (hardcover : alk. paper)

9780791467107

DDC

813.54

MMS ID

991021809009702626

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