Book contents
- Philip Roth in Context
- Philip Roth in Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- A Note on References and Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Life and Literary Contexts
- Part II Critical Contexts
- Part III Geographical Contexts
- Chapter 12 Newark
- Chapter 13 The Berkshires
- Chapter 14 Prague
- Chapter 15 Israel
- Part IV Theoretical Contexts
- Part V Jewish American Identity
- Part VI Gender and Sexuality
- Part VII Political Contexts
- Part VIII Roth’s Legacy
- Primary Bibliography
- Selected Secondary Bibliography
- Index
Chapter 15 - Israel
from Part III - Geographical Contexts
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Book contents
- Philip Roth in Context
- Philip Roth in Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- A Note on References and Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Life and Literary Contexts
- Part II Critical Contexts
- Part III Geographical Contexts
- Chapter 12 Newark
- Chapter 13 The Berkshires
- Chapter 14 Prague
- Chapter 15 Israel
- Part IV Theoretical Contexts
- Part V Jewish American Identity
- Part VI Gender and Sexuality
- Part VII Political Contexts
- Part VIII Roth’s Legacy
- Primary Bibliography
- Selected Secondary Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Since its establishment in 1948, the State of Israel claimed Philip Roth’s allegiance. The allegiance was granted, but with reservations. Despite his satirical treatment of his New Jersey cultural environment, Roth loved his birthplace and had not much love left over for Israel, which his avatar Nathan Zuckerman sees as an “unharmonious” country, “where it appears that nothing, from the controversy to the weather, is ever blurred or underdone,”yet which somehow makes demands on an American Jew.
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- Philip Roth in Context , pp. 150 - 160Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021