Philip Roth's rude truth : the art of immaturity /

Philip Roth's rude truth : the art of immaturity /

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Author / Creator:	Posnock, Ross.
Imprint:	Princeton, N.J. ; Woodstock : Princeton University Press, 2008.
Description:	1 online resource (301 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Roth, Philip -- Criticism and interpretation. Roth, Philip. Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11194799

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ISBN:	9781400827343 1400827345 1282086898 9781282086890
Notes:	Originally published: 2006. Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	Has anyone ever worked harder and longer at being immature than Philip Roth? The novelist himself pointed out the paradox, saying that after establishing a reputation for maturity with two earnest novels, he "worked hard and long and diligently" to be frivolous--an effort that resulted in the notoriously immature Portnoy's Complaint (1969). Three-and-a-half decades and more than twenty books later, Roth is still at his serious "pursuit of the unserious." But his art of immaturity has itself matured, developing surprising links with two traditions of immaturity--an American one that includes Em.
Other form:	Print version: Posnock, Ross. Philip Roth's rude truth. Princeton, N.J. ; Woodstock : Princeton University Press, 2008 9780691138435 0691138435

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Summary:	No detailed description available for "Philip Roth's Rude Truth".
Item Description:	Originally published: 2006.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (301 pages)
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9781400827343 1400827345 1282086898 9781282086890