Roth's Wars

A Career in Conflict

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

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Beskrivning

Treating Philip Roth as a war writer—as well as a sportswriter, crime reporter, political commentator, and Newark chronicler—Roth’s Wars: A Career in Conflict offers a thoroughly researched account of the novelist’s preoccupation with wars around the world and wars at home. This wide-ranging social and cultural history of Roth’s career examines intersections between Roth’s preoccupations as a writer and the work of contemporaries, such as J.D. Salinger, Joan Didion, George Plimpton, Hannah Arendt, E.L. Doctorow, Flannery O’Connor, Michael Herr, and Don DeLillo. The legends and icons who figure in this account of Roth’s career include Dwight Eisenhower, Meyer Lansky, Ernie Pyle, Bob Dylan, Johnny Appleseed, Anne Frank, JFK, Mickey Mantle, the Marx Brothers, Thomas Paine, Sandy Koufax, and Franz Kafka.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2022-07-12
Mått:160 x 228 x 21 mm
Vikt:467 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:188
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781666913842

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James D. Bloom is professor of English at Muhlenberg College.

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In this energetically written text, James Bloom takes aim at Roth’s soldering life and hits the target on every page exposing the conflict between Roth’s attraction to military service and grasp of the realities of war. Revealing Roth’s attitude toward the military and the nature of sports wars, Newark wars and Jewish wars, Bloom traces the heroic and not so heroic actions of martial Roth and his characters. Without a doubt, Bloom hits the bullseye.

Innehållsförteckning

Preface “The Last of The Ex-GIs”AcknowledgmentsChapter One: Study War: An OverviewChapter Two: Rescue, Refuge, EscapeChapter Three: Don’t Count the DeadChapter Four: Endless War (Pandora Unbound or The Promethean Daughter)Chapter Five: Sports WarsChapter Six: Newark Wars—Race War/Gang WarChapter Seven: Jewish WarsPostscriptWorks CitedIndexAbout the Author