Philip Roth's Rude Truth: The Art of Immaturity Paperback - 2008
by Ross Posnock
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"Ross Posnock's meditation upon Philip Roth is the best literary criticism yet afforded to our foremost novelist since Faulkner. Roth emerges from this study as a major American novelist in a literary tradition that goes back to Emerson and Henry James. Posnock clearly defines the writer whose heartening motto is: 'We are here to be insulted.' One of Roth's favorite adages is Heine's: 'There is a God and his name is Aristophanes.'"--Harold Bloom, literary critic
"Far and away the most astute and nuanced account we have or likely to have for many years to come, of Roth's emergence as an unrivalled master of irony and irreverence--a rhapsodic genius most alive when provoking moralists and liberationists alike. No critic has made a better case for Roth's place among the classic writers of the nation and the world."--Eric J. Sundquist, University of California, Los Angeles
"Ross Posnock takes a familiar figure, on whom rivers of ink have been spilt, and completely reorients the critical context for an understanding of his work. His book gives us a powerful and original perspective on Roth, placing him in the mainstream of American literature from Emerson and Whitman to Ellison. Rightly emphasizing his later books, Posnock sees him as an antinomian writer, ruthless, outrageous, mind-bendingly complex yet deeply consistent."--Morris Dickstein, Graduate Center of the City University of New York
"Philip Roth is arguably one of the two or three most important writers in America today, and Ross Posnock's book is a superlative achievement fully worthy of its subject. It is a masterful work of literary and cultural criticism. I loved reading it, and will return to it frequently for exhilaration and enlightenment. I have not the slightest doubt that many other readers will share my enthusiasm."--Michael Gilmore, Brandeis University
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- Title Philip Roth's Rude Truth: The Art of Immaturity
- Author Ross Posnock
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 328
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Princeton University Press, Princeton,New Jersey
- Date 2008-08-17
- Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780691138435 / 0691138435
- Weight 1.04 lbs (0.47 kg)
- Dimensions 9.26 x 6.38 x 0.89 in (23.52 x 16.21 x 2.26 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2005055240
- Dewey Decimal Code 813.54
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