Turning up the Flame: Philip Roth's Later Novels
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In recent years, Philip Roth has astounded critics with both the quality and quantity of his literary output. In this volume, 14 original essays from leading scholars assess Roth's fiction of the last two decades. Particular attention has been paid to the interplay of autobiographical and fictional elements in his novels. Sample topics include Roth's treatment of Jewish identity, his fascination with the pastoral, and his use of the erotic. Distributed in the U.S. by Associated University Presses. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Preface7Introduction : reading Philip Roth : facts and fancy, fiction and autobiography - a brief overview17Philip Roth's fictions of self-exposure31Textualizing the self : adultery, blatant fictions, and Jewishness in Philip Roth's Deception58Texts, lives, and bellybuttons : Philip Roth's Operation Shylock and the renegotiation of subjectivity68The travels of the American Talush92Autobiography : false confession?99Death, mourning, and Besse's ghost : from Philip Roth's The facts to sabbath's theater115Philip Roth's American tragedies125The end of identity : Philip Roth's Jewish American pastoral131The critique of utopia in Philip Roth's The counterlife and American pastoral151Newark maid feminism in Philip Roth's American pastoral160Reading race and the conundrums of reconciliation in Philip Roth's The human stain172The dying animal : the art of obsessing or obsessing about art?194Eros and death in Roth's later fiction200
