Jewish anxiety and the novels of Philip Roth / Brett Ashley Kaplan.

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Kaplan, Brett Ashley [author.]

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9781628925043
1628925043
1501304585
9781501304583
9781628925036
1628925035

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Jewish anxiety and the novels of Philip RothDDC classification:

813/.54 23

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PS3568.O855 Z6956 2015eb

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LIT004020 | LIT000000 | SOC049000

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Contents:

Cover ; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Jewish Anxiety: "Goodbye, Columbus," "Eli, the Fanatic," and Portnoy's Complaint; 2 Specters of Roth: The Ghost Writer, Exit Ghost, and Zuckerman Unbound; 3 Double-Consciousness and the Jewish Heart of Darkness: The Counterlife and Operation Shylock; 4 The American Berserk: Sabbath's Theater and American Pastoral; 5 Playing It Any Way You Like: The Human Stain; 6 Counterfactual Terror: The Plot Against America; Conclusion: What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Summary: "Jewish Anxiety and the Novels of Philip Roth argues that Roth's novels teach us that Jewish anxiety stems not only from fear of victimization but also from fear of perpetration. It is impossible to think about Jewish victimization without thinking about the Holocaust; and it is impossible to think about the taboo question of Jewish perpetration without thinking about Israel. Roth's texts explore the Israel-Palestine question and the Holocaust with varying degrees of intensity but all his novels scrutinize perpetration and victimization through examining racism and sexism in America. Brett Ashley Kaplan uses Roth's novels as springboards to illuminate larger problems of victimization and perpetration; masculinity, femininity, and gender; racism and anti-Semitism. For if, as Kaplan argues, Jewish anxiety is not only about the fear of oppression, and we can begin to see how these anxieties function in terms of fears of perpetration, then perhaps we can begin to unpack the complicated dynamics around the line between the Holocaust and Israel-Palestine"-- Provided by publisher.Summary: "Uses Roth's novels as springboards to illuminate larger problematics of victimization, gender, racism and anti-Semitism"-- Provided by publisher.

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"Jewish Anxiety and the Novels of Philip Roth argues that Roth's novels teach us that Jewish anxiety stems not only from fear of victimization but also from fear of perpetration. It is impossible to think about Jewish victimization without thinking about the Holocaust; and it is impossible to think about the taboo question of Jewish perpetration without thinking about Israel. Roth's texts explore the Israel-Palestine question and the Holocaust with varying degrees of intensity but all his novels scrutinize perpetration and victimization through examining racism and sexism in America. Brett Ashley Kaplan uses Roth's novels as springboards to illuminate larger problems of victimization and perpetration; masculinity, femininity, and gender; racism and anti-Semitism. For if, as Kaplan argues, Jewish anxiety is not only about the fear of oppression, and we can begin to see how these anxieties function in terms of fears of perpetration, then perhaps we can begin to unpack the complicated dynamics around the line between the Holocaust and Israel-Palestine"-- Provided by publisher.

"Uses Roth's novels as springboards to illuminate larger problematics of victimization, gender, racism and anti-Semitism"-- Provided by publisher.