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- 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
- Chapter 6 The Early Years
- Chapter 7 Portnoy and Its Aftermath
- Chapter 8 The Zuckerman Books
- Chapter 9 The Kepesh Books
- Chapter 10 The “Philip Roth” Books
- Chapter 11 The Late Novellas
- Part III Geographical Contexts
- 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 10 - The “Philip Roth” Books
from Part II - Critical Contexts
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 July 2021
- 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
- Chapter 6 The Early Years
- Chapter 7 Portnoy and Its Aftermath
- Chapter 8 The Zuckerman Books
- Chapter 9 The Kepesh Books
- Chapter 10 The “Philip Roth” Books
- Chapter 11 The Late Novellas
- Part III Geographical Contexts
- 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
This chapter will address the place of the “Philip Roth” novels—which include The Facts (1988), Deception (1990), Patrimony (1991), Operation Shylock (1993), and The Plot Against America (2004)—within Roth’s career at large, as well as the critical response to those novels. In addition to being among the most evident examples of Roth’s postmodern techniques, this particular categorization of books is also unique because, unlike Zuckerman and Kepesh, the identity of the character “Philip Roth” himself shifts from book to book. For instance, while the “Philip Roth” of The Plot Against America is a character in Roth’s dystopian alternate history, the “Philip Roth” of The Facts and Patrimony is more closely aligned with Roth the author, adding new levels to his blurring of fact and fiction.
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- Philip Roth in Context , pp. 101 - 110Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021