Philip Roth

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"This collection of essays covers Philip Roth's entire output and links themes across works highlighting those thoughts and ideas that recur frequently. Providing up-to-date coverage of all his works, each chapter introduces the work or works under discussion, briefly summarizes the story, and moves on to an analysis of its various literary elements and its significance in Roth's overall body of work. While each chapter focuses on the central issues in the specific work, several larger themes that run throughout many of his writings are addressed."--Jacket