Philip Roth : American pastoral, The human stain, The plot against America / edited by Debra Shostak.

Other author Shostak, Debra B.
Format Book
Publication InfoLondon ; New York : Continuum, ©2011.
Descriptionx, 185 pages ; 23 cm.
Subjects

Portion of title American pastoral, The human stain, The plot against America
SeriesContinuum studies in contemporary North American fiction
Continuum studies in contemporary North American fiction. ^A1063455
Contents Introduction: Roth's America / Debra Shostak -- "What was not supposed to happen had happened and what was supposed to happen had not happened" : subverting history in American Pastoral / David Brauner -- The critique of the pastoral, utopia, and the American dream in American Pastoral / Andrew Gordon -- America's haunted house : the racial and national uncanny in American Pastoral / Jennifer Glaser -- Introduction / Debra Shostak -- Race, recognition, and responsibility in The Human Stain / Dean Franco -- Possessed by the past : history, nostalgia, and language in The Human Stain / Catherine Morley -- "The pointless meaningfulness of living" : illuminating The Human Stain through The Scarlet Letter / Gabrielle Seeley and Jeffrey Rubin-Dorsky -- Introduction / Debra Shostak -- Just folks homesteading : Roth's doubled plots against America / Brett Ashley Kaplan -- My life as a boy : The Plot Against America / Elaine M. Kauvar -- Autobiography and history in Roth's The Plot Against America, or What Happened When Hitler Came to New Jersey / Timothy Parrish.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [165]-177) and index.
Genre/formAufsatzsammlung.
ISBN9780826426314 (hbk.)
ISBN082642631X (hbk.)
ISBN9780826422279 (pbk.)
ISBN0826422276 (pbk.)

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Joyner General Stacks PS3568.O855 Z894 2011 ✔ Available Place Hold