Mocking the age : the later novels of Philip Roth / Elaine B. Safer.
| Author/creator | Safer, Elaine B. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2006. |
| Description | x, 219 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
| Subjects |
| Series | SUNY series in modern Jewish literature and culture SUNY series in modern Jewish literature and culture. ^A226051 |
| Contents | Introduction : sheer playfulness and deadly seriosness -- From The ghost writer to The counterlife : comic incongruity and the road to postmodernism -- Operation Shylock : the double, the comic and the quest for identity -- Sabbath's theater : Sabbath's fear of death--raunchy? picaresque? heroic? -- American pastoral : the tragicomic fall of Newark and the house of Levov -- I married a Communist : a grave misfortune replete with farce -- The human stain : comic irony and the lives of Coleman Silk -- The dying animal : pleasure is our subject -- The plot against America : paranoia or possibility? -- Conclusion : the farcical edge of suffering. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-205) and index. |
| LCCN | 2005012803 |
| ISBN | 0791467090 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0791467104 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | PS3568.O855 Z884 2006 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |