Philip Roth's rude truth : the art of immaturity /
Has anyone ever worked harder and longer at being immature than Philip Roth? The novelist himself pointed out the paradox, saying that after establishing a reputation for maturity with two earnest novels, he "worked hard and long and diligently" to be frivolous--an effort that resulted in...
| Основен автор: | Posnock, Ross. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Princeton, N.J. ; Woodstock :
Princeton University Press,
2008.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
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| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Philip Roth's rude truth. |
| Резюме: |
Has anyone ever worked harder and longer at being immature than Philip Roth? The novelist himself pointed out the paradox, saying that after establishing a reputation for maturity with two earnest novels, he "worked hard and long and diligently" to be frivolous--an effort that resulted in the notoriously immature Portnoy's Complaint (1969). Three-and-a-half decades and more than twenty books later, Roth is still at his serious "pursuit of the unserious." But his art of immaturity has itself matured, developing surprising links with two traditions of immaturity--an American one that includes Em. |
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| Описание на библ. документ: |
Originally published: 2006. |
| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (301 pages) |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781400827343 1400827345 1282086898 9781282086890 |