Philip Roth : the biography
(Book)
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Published
New York, N.Y. : W.W. Norton & Company, [2021].
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780393240726, 039324072X
Physical Desc
xii, 898 pages, 48 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
Status
Adult Nonfiction
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Published
New York, N.Y. : W.W. Norton & Company, [2021].
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9780393240726, 039324072X
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 813-861) and index.
Description
"The renowned biographer's definitive portrait of a literary titan. Appointed by Philip Roth and granted independence and complete access, Blake Bailey spent years poring over Roth's personal archive, interviewing his friends, lovers, and colleagues, and engaging Roth himself in breathtakingly candid conversations. The result is an indelible portrait of an American master and of the postwar literary scene. Bailey shows how Roth emerged from a lower-middle-class Jewish milieu to achieve the heights of literary fame, how his career was nearly derailed by his catastrophic first marriage, and how he championed the work of dissident novelists behind the Iron Curtain. Bailey examines Roth's rivalrous friendships with Saul Bellow, John Updike, and William Styron, and reveals the truths of his florid love life, culminating in his almost-twenty-year relationship with actress Claire Bloom, who pilloried Roth in her 1996 memoir, Leaving a Doll's House. Tracing Roth's path from realism to farce to metafiction to the tragic masterpieces of the American Trilogy, Bailey explores Roth's engagement with nearly every aspect of postwar American culture"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Bailey, B. (2021). Philip Roth: the biography (First edition.). W.W. Norton & Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Bailey, Blake, 1963-. 2021. Philip Roth: The Biography. W.W. Norton & Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Bailey, Blake, 1963-. Philip Roth: The Biography W.W. Norton & Company, 2021.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Bailey, Blake. Philip Roth: The Biography First edition., W.W. Norton & Company, 2021.
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