Goodbye, Columbus Summary
Philip Roth

Goodbye, Columbus A 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 ... Read more

Biography EssayIn 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 ... Read more

In 1974, 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 al... Read more

[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 ... Read more

Critical Essay by Candace Hagan 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 o... Read more

Sean Altman Goodbye, Columbus Goodbye, Columbus, the title story of the book Goodbye Columbus and Five Short Stories by Philip Roth is a story of a fifties summer romance. Significant transitional ... Read more

Goodbye, Columbus, by Philip Roth, tells a classic storyline on how lack of maturity and forceful ideas can lead to a disappointing end. Neil Klugman and Brenda Patimkin use each other in their brief,... Read more