Aimee Pozorski is Professor of English at Central Connecticut State University, USA, where she also directs the English graduate program and co-directs the program in American Studies. She is the author of AIDS-Trauma and Politics (2019), Falling After 9-11: Art and Literature in Crisis (Bloomsbury, 2014), and Roth and Trauma: The Problem of History in the Later Works (1995-2010) (Bloomsbury/Continuum, 2011). She is Co-executive Editor, with Maren Scheurer, of Philip Roth Studies, and is past President of the Philip Roth Society (2009-2015). Maren Scheurer is a Researcher and Lecturer in the Department for Comparative Literature and in the Department for English and American Studies at Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Germany. She is the author of Transferences: The Aesthetics and Poetics of the Therapeutic Relationship (Bloomsbury, 2019). She is Co-executive Editor, with Aimee Pozorski, of Philip Roth Studies.

A rich collection of discursive takes on America's leading novelist of the late twentieth century, a writer no less controversial – and essential – now than he was at the start of his long, fertile and explosive writing life.

• List of IllustrationsNotes on Contributors AcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsIntroductionAimee Pozorski (Central Connecticut State University, USA) and Maren Scheurer (Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany)TimelineI. Roth Through the Genres1. Philip Roth's Novels: A Matter of VentriloquismPia Masiero (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy)2. Divided Selves in Roth's Goodbye, Columbus and Five Short StoriesVictoria Aarons (Trinity University, St. Antonio, USA)3. "Begging the Question": Philip Roth's Life WritingMelissa Schuh (University of Kiel, Germany)4. Liberalism, Autonomy, and the Open Mind in Philip Roth's Drama of the 1960sJoshua Powell (Cardiff University, UK)5. Philip Roth's Nonfiction: A Personal UnmaskingElèna Mortara (University of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy)6. "By Now What You Are Is a Walking Text": Philip Roth's Editorial Contexts, Roles, and ImaginationJack Knowles (University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada) II. Roth Across Disciplines7. Dream a Little Dream: Music as Counternarrative in Philip Roth's FictionMatthew Shipe (Washington University of St. Louis, USA) 8. Roth's Existential Lesson in Identity and IronyValérie Roberge (Université de Laval, Canada)9. Safe at Home? Philip Roth and SportsMike Witcombe (Bath Spa University, UK)10. Philip Roth and Fine ArtDavid Brauner (University of Reading, UK) 11. Roth and Religion: Nemesis, or Roth's Quarrel with GodTimothy Parrish (University of California, Davis, USA) 12. "Anagramists and Manure-Spreaders": Philip Roth and the AcademyDavid Gooblar (The University of Iowa, USA)III. History and Politics13. Roth and Politics: The Representative Writer Masquerading as Bartleby the CitizenClaudia Brühwiler (University of St. Gallen, Switzerland)14. The Deception of Democracy in Philip Roth's FictionDean Franco (Wake Forest University, USA) 15. "Our Fathers' Sons and Our Neighborhood's Creatures": Upwards Mobility and the Welfare State in Roth's FictionDaniel Dufournaud (York University, Toronto, Canada)16. "Slipping the Punch": Philip Roth and Racial PassingAimee Pozorski (Central Connecticut State University, USA) 17. How History Uses Us: Philip Roth, the Holocaust, and American HistoryJames Wigren (Central Connecticut State University, USA)18. The Many Diasporas of Nathan ZuckermanBryan Cheyette (University of Reading, UK) IV. New Directions in Roth Studies19. Against the "Terror of Seeing": Old Age and Disability in Philip Roth's Later NovelsMaren Scheurer (Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany)20. Countering Pastoral: Philip Roth and EcologyEric Leonidas (Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, USA) 21. Suburb, Settlement, Village: Roth on Whiteness and Landscape in the US and BeyondNaomi Taub (University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, USA) 22. Philip Roth's Anatomy LessonsIra Nadel (University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada)23. Jews That Matter: Philip Roth and the BodyJoshua Lander (University of Glasgow, UK) 24. The Counterlife: On Roth's QueersRL Goldberg (Princeton University, USA)V. Adaptations and Influences25. Roth’s Legacy and Cancel CultureMiriam Jaffe Foger (Rutgers University, Newark, USA)26. Counter-Roth's: Nicole Krauss, Lisa Halliday, and Roth's Legacy Michael Kalisch (University of Oxford, UK)27. Roth Abroad Brett Ashley Kaplan (University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, USA)28. Roth and Adaptation Debra Shostak (Wooster College, Ohio, USA) 29. Roth Exhibited: An Interview with Bryan ZanisnikBryan Zanisnik (Hunter College, USA; Practicing Artist in NYC)VI. Shop Talk30. Philip Roth and a Pedagogy of CompassionMaggie McKinley (Harper College, Chicago, USA)31. Nemeses: Roth and His BiographersJesse Tisch (Independent Scholar, USA)32. Censorship and Translation in Philip Roth's Portnoy's Complaint, The Breast, and The Professor of DesireGustavo Sánchez Canales (University of Madrid, Spain)33. The Philip Roth Personal Library in Newark: Genesis, Purpose, and ContentsTim Crist (Newark Library, USA), Nadine Sergejeff (Newark Library, USA), and Rosemary Steinbaum (Newark Library, USA)Appendix:34. Annotated BibliographyConnor E. Dombal (Central Connecticut University, USA)35. Uncollected Published Stories: An Annotated InventoryJames D. Bloom (Muhlenberg College, Allentown, USA)36. A Guide to Film and Television Adaptations of Roth's FictionDeborah Shostak (Wooster College, USA)Index

Aimee Pozorski is Professor of English at Central Connecticut State University, USA, where she also directs the English graduate program and co-directs the program in American Studies. She is the author of AIDS-Trauma and Politics (2019), Falling After 9-11: Art and Literature in Crisis (Bloomsbury, 2014), and Roth and Trauma: The Problem of History in the Later Works (1995-2010) (Bloomsbury/Continuum, 2011). She is Co-executive Editor, with Maren Scheurer, of Philip Roth Studies, and is past President of the Philip Roth Society (2009-2015). Maren Scheurer is a Researcher and Lecturer in the Department for Comparative Literature and in the Department for English and American Studies at Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Germany. She is the author of Transferences: The Aesthetics and Poetics of the Therapeutic Relationship (Bloomsbury, 2019). She is Co-executive Editor, with Aimee Pozorski, of Philip Roth Studies.

A rich collection of discursive takes on America's leading novelist of the late twentieth century, a writer no less controversial – and essential – now than he was at the start of his long, fertile and explosive writing life.

• List of IllustrationsNotes on Contributors AcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsIntroductionAimee Pozorski (Central Connecticut State University, USA) and Maren Scheurer (Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany)TimelineI. Roth Through the Genres1. Philip Roth's Novels: A Matter of VentriloquismPia Masiero (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy)2. Divided Selves in Roth's Goodbye, Columbus and Five Short StoriesVictoria Aarons (Trinity University, St. Antonio, USA)3. "Begging the Question": Philip Roth's Life WritingMelissa Schuh (University of Kiel, Germany)4. Liberalism, Autonomy, and the Open Mind in Philip Roth's Drama of the 1960sJoshua Powell (Cardiff University, UK)5. Philip Roth's Nonfiction: A Personal UnmaskingElèna Mortara (University of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy)6. "By Now What You Are Is a Walking Text": Philip Roth's Editorial Contexts, Roles, and ImaginationJack Knowles (University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada) II. Roth Across Disciplines7. Dream a Little Dream: Music as Counternarrative in Philip Roth's FictionMatthew Shipe (Washington University of St. Louis, USA) 8. Roth's Existential Lesson in Identity and IronyValérie Roberge (Université de Laval, Canada)9. Safe at Home? Philip Roth and SportsMike Witcombe (Bath Spa University, UK)10. Philip Roth and Fine ArtDavid Brauner (University of Reading, UK) 11. Roth and Religion: Nemesis, or Roth's Quarrel with GodTimothy Parrish (University of California, Davis, USA) 12. "Anagramists and Manure-Spreaders": Philip Roth and the AcademyDavid Gooblar (The University of Iowa, USA)III. History and Politics13. Roth and Politics: The Representative Writer Masquerading as Bartleby the CitizenClaudia Brühwiler (University of St. Gallen, Switzerland)14. The Deception of Democracy in Philip Roth's FictionDean Franco (Wake Forest University, USA) 15. "Our Fathers' Sons and Our Neighborhood's Creatures": Upwards Mobility and the Welfare State in Roth's FictionDaniel Dufournaud (York University, Toronto, Canada)16. "Slipping the Punch": Philip Roth and Racial PassingAimee Pozorski (Central Connecticut State University, USA) 17. How History Uses Us: Philip Roth, the Holocaust, and American HistoryJames Wigren (Central Connecticut State University, USA)18. The Many Diasporas of Nathan ZuckermanBryan Cheyette (University of Reading, UK) IV. New Directions in Roth Studies19. Against the "Terror of Seeing": Old Age and Disability in Philip Roth's Later NovelsMaren Scheurer (Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany)20. Countering Pastoral: Philip Roth and EcologyEric Leonidas (Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, USA) 21. Suburb, Settlement, Village: Roth on Whiteness and Landscape in the US and BeyondNaomi Taub (University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, USA) 22. Philip Roth's Anatomy LessonsIra Nadel (University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada)23. Jews That Matter: Philip Roth and the BodyJoshua Lander (University of Glasgow, UK) 24. The Counterlife: On Roth's QueersRL Goldberg (Princeton University, USA)V. Adaptations and Influences25. Roth’s Legacy and Cancel CultureMiriam Jaffe Foger (Rutgers University, Newark, USA)26. Counter-Roth's: Nicole Krauss, Lisa Halliday, and Roth's Legacy Michael Kalisch (University of Oxford, UK)27. Roth Abroad Brett Ashley Kaplan (University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, USA)28. Roth and Adaptation Debra Shostak (Wooster College, Ohio, USA) 29. Roth Exhibited: An Interview with Bryan ZanisnikBryan Zanisnik (Hunter College, USA; Practicing Artist in NYC)VI. Shop Talk30. Philip Roth and a Pedagogy of CompassionMaggie McKinley (Harper College, Chicago, USA)31. Nemeses: Roth and His BiographersJesse Tisch (Independent Scholar, USA)32. Censorship and Translation in Philip Roth's Portnoy's Complaint, The Breast, and The Professor of DesireGustavo Sánchez Canales (University of Madrid, Spain)33. The Philip Roth Personal Library in Newark: Genesis, Purpose, and ContentsTim Crist (Newark Library, USA), Nadine Sergejeff (Newark Library, USA), and Rosemary Steinbaum (Newark Library, USA)Appendix:34. Annotated BibliographyConnor E. Dombal (Central Connecticut University, USA)35. Uncollected Published Stories: An Annotated InventoryJames D. Bloom (Muhlenberg College, Allentown, USA)36. A Guide to Film and Television Adaptations of Roth's FictionDeborah Shostak (Wooster College, USA)Index