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Aimee Pozorski - Roth and Trauma, Inbunden

Inbunden, Engelska, 2011

Roth and Trauma

The Problem of History in the Later Works (1995-2010)

Av Aimee Pozorski

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Roth and Trauma: The Problem of History in the Later Works (1995-2010) moves beyond a critical reception of Philip Roth's recent fiction that has focused primarily on an interest in post WWII America. By contrast, Aimee Pozorski argues that these novels grapple more comprehensively with US history in their fascination with America's "traumatic beginnings" and the legacy of the American Revolution. Drawing on close readings and trauma theory, Roth and Trauma reveals the problem of history in Roth's later works to be the unexpected and repeated appearance of historical trauma that links the still-unfinished American dream with the nightmarish quality of our recent history.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2011-07-14
  • Mått: 138 x 216 x 14 mm
  • Vikt: 386 g
  • Format: Inbunden
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 192
  • Förlag: Continuum Publishing Corporation
  • ISBN: 9781441185112
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Aimee Pozorski is Associate Professor of English at Central Connecticut State University, USA, where she teaches contemporary literature and trauma theory. She is the current President of The Philip Roth Society.

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Roth and Trauma contributes to the ongoing conversation among critics who focus primarily on Roth’s representation of Jewish American life, on the one hand, or on his representation of Post War II America, on the other hand. Pozorski’s innovative approach to the significance of history in Roth’s recent fiction from the perspective of trauma theory, and her passionate prose - an echo of Roth’s own fervent engagement with the ideals and failures of America - will doubtless appeal not only to students and scholars of contemporary literature and trauma studies, but also to the general reader. Readers of this book will comprehend Roth - and through his fiction, contemporary America - in novel and creative ways.

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