Philip Roth: the biography
(Book)
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Published:
New York : W. W. Norton & Company, 2021.
Format:
Book
Edition:
First edition.
Physical Desc:
xii, 898 pages, 48 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrated ; 25 cm
Status:
East Hampton Adult Biography
B Roth
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, andengaging 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 thetragic masterpieces of the American Trilogy, Bailey explores Roth's engagement with nearly every aspect of postwar American culture"--
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Language:
English
ISBN:
9780393240726, 039324072X
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references 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, andengaging 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 thetragic 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 (style guide)
Bailey, B. (2021). Philip Roth: the biography. First edition. W. W. Norton & Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Bailey, Blake. 2021. Philip Roth: The Biography. W. W. Norton & Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Bailey, Blake, Philip Roth: The Biography. W. W. Norton & Company, 2021.
MLA Citation (style guide)Bailey, Blake. Philip Roth: The Biography. First edition. W. W. Norton & Company, 2021.
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