Playful and serious : Philip Roth as a comic writer / edited by Ben Siegel and Jay L. Halio.
| Other author | Siegel, Ben, 1925-2010 |
| Other author | Halio, Jay L. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Newark : University of Delware Press, ©2010. |
| Description | 276 pages ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | A comic crisis of faith : Philip Roth's "Conversion of the Jews" and "Eli, the fanatic" / Timothy Parrish -- Philip Roth's comic realism in Goodbye, Columbus / Victoria Aarons -- Masturbation and its discontents; or, Serious relief : Freudian comedy in Portnoy's complaint / David Brauner -- Affairs of the breast : Philip Roth and David Kepesh / Judith Yaross Lee -- The body in shame : Philip Roth's physical comedy / David Gilotta -- Plots against America : language and the comedy of conspiracy in Philip Roth's early fiction / Derek Parker Royal -- The myths of summer : Philip Roth's The great American novel / Ben Siegel -- Operation Shylock : the double, the comic, and the quest for identity / Elaine Safer -- Roth's Falstaff : transgressive humor in Sabbath's theater / Peter Scheckner -- Sabbath's complaint : Philip Roth's black comedy in Sabbath's theater / Gurumurthy Neelakantan -- Deadly farce in the comedy of Philip Roth / Jay L. Halio -- The human stain : a satiric tragedy of the politically incorrect / Sam Bluefarb -- "To endure and go on" : comedy, castration, and phallus in Philip Roth's Exit ghost / James Mellard -- Indignation : the opiates of the Occident / Alan Cooper. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2009032866 |
| ISBN | 9780874130942 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0874130948 (alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | PS3568.O855 Z843 2010 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |