Henry Roth Summary

Henry Roth's literary reputation rests entirely and securely upon Call It Sleep (1934). The single novel is so emotionally moving and so artistically elegant that it has made Roth an important literar... Read more

In the following review, Dickstein discusses Roth's Shifting Landscape and his journey of self-discovery. I had just finished interviewing Henry Roth, the author of Call It Sleep, when as if by... Read more

In the following review, Leader proposes that in Roth's Mercy of a Rude Stream "The author wishes to recreate a world now lost, one defaced by the earlier novel's 'artistic... Read more

In the following review, West discusses the confessional and autobiographical nature of Roth's A Diving Rock on the Hudson, pointing out that Roth asserts that the book is a work of fiction. St... Read more

In the following review, Kermode states that Roth's From Bondage "does what has rarely been done before; it enhances its brilliant youthful original by casting upon it the calmer, contem... Read more

In the following interview, Roth discusses his life and his relationship to writing and creative life. [Bronsen:] I visited Henry Roth on his Farm near Augusta, Maine, and we began to talk. At one poi... Read more