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Philip Roth | | Birth Date: |
1933 | | Place of Birth: |
Newark, New Jersey, United States | | Nationality: |
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 Biography of Philip Roth
1241 words, approx. 4.1 pages
 The American author Philip Roth (born 1933) used his Jewish upbringing and his college days for the basis of many of his novels and other works. Roth used his experiences in growing up in the Weequahic section of Newark, New Jersey, and his days as a col... summary from source:
 Biography of Philip (Milton) Roth
21912 words, approx. 73 pages
 [This entry was updated by S. Lillian Kremer (Kansas State University) from her entry in DLB 173: American Novelists Since World War II, Fifth Series, pp. 202-234.] A major writer of twentieth-century American literature, Philip Roth has produced an impr... summary from source:
Biography of Philip Roth
12714 words, approx. 42.4 pages
In 1973, Philip Roth wrote a satirical novel about baseball which he entitled The Great American Novel. The title refers to the parodies of a number of classic American novels in the book, but it also may be an answer to critics who keep waiting for him...
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 Goodbye, Columbus Summary
196 words, approx. 1 pagesA collection of five stories and one novella, Goodbye, Columbus, Philip Roth's first book, published in 1959, introduces the basic themes that Roth explores more fully in the novels that have followed and that have in turn been shaped by the... summary from source:
 Goodbye, Columbus Information
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Goodbye, Columbus (1959) is the title of the first book published by the American novelist Philip Roth, a collection of six stories. In addition to its title novella, set in New Jersey, Goodbye, Columbus contains the five short stories "The Conversion...
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 The Boston Globe Goodbye, Columbus
07/27/1999: 796 words, approx. 3 pages William Fowler Jr. is director of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Jammed between the Central Artery and Boston Harbor, Christopher Columbus Park is the inner harbor's most important waterfront public space. Unfortunately, the city misnamed it and fails to acknowledge this land's connection to... summary from source:
The News & Record (Piedmont Triad, NC) Goodbye, Columbus.(editorial)
07/23/1996: 848 words, approx. 3 pages Byline: Gene Owens Here's the reason why Indians used to say "ugh." ~~~~~~~~~~~ I remember the time I played Columbus in a fifth-grade play titled something like "Columbus Discovers America." V.T. Heyward played the role of the Indian chief greeting... summary from source:
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The New York Observer Writing, Religion, Nationality: A Close Look in the Mirror
5/22/2005: 1,047 words, approx. 4 pagesWho We Are: On Being (and Not Being) a Jewish American Writer, edited by Derek Rubin. Schocken Books, 348 pages, $25.When I entered college, in the mid-1960's, my freshman class was asked to read two books over the summer: Saul Bellow's Henderson the Rain King...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Dan Isaac
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Source: "In Defense of Philip Roth," in Chicago Review, Vol. 17, Nos. 2 and 3, 1964, pp. 84-96. In the following excerpt, Isaac examines Roth's protagonists in Goodbye, Columbus, "Defender of the Faith, " and "Eli the Fanatic," concluding that his characters "are men in the middle, lacking a sure sense of values. "
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Critical Essay by Candace Hagan
730 words, approx. 2 pages
On the range of literary criticism, Philip Roth has been targeted by Jews and Gentiles, literary authorities and laymen, as an exploitative, narrow-minded reinforcer of Jewish stereotypes; a writer who is dedicated to portraying, as one Rabbi editorialized several years ago in the New York Times, "a melancholy parade of caricatures." Some have even attacked his works as dangerous, dishonest, and irresponsible. Roth has rebuked these accusations from the time he was made famous in 1959 by Goodb... Featured Essays
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 Essay Grade: 88%Goodbye Columbus
1,898 words, approx. 6 pages
Discusses the novel "Goodbye Columbus" by Philip Roth. Provides a plot summary of the novel. Explores differences between characters Neil and Brenda. summary from source:
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Essay Grade: 86%Goodbye, Columbus
582 words, approx. 2 pages
In Philip Roth's novella Goodbye, Columbus, Neil and Brenda's rushed summer relationship enables them to use each other for their own reasons. Their different backgrounds, lack of maturity and parental support, and inability to make wise decisions all contribute to the disheartening breakup of their relationship.
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