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Biography

Name: Henry Roth
Birth Date: February 8, 1906
Death Date: October 13, 1995
Nationality: American
Ethnicity: Jewish
Gender: Male

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Biography of Henry Roth
5,077 words, approx. 17 pages
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 literary figure, even though he has never completed another...


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Henry Roth Information
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Henry Roth (8 February 1906 - 13 October 1995) was an American novelist and short story...


News and Journals
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The Boston Globe
Henry Roth's Rich Composite
01/05/1988: 676 words, approx. 2 pages
SHIFTING LANDSCAPE. A Composite, 1925-1987, by Henry Roth; edited with an introduction by Mario Materassi. Jewish Publication Society. 301 pp. $19.95. In 1934 Henry Roth, still in his 20s, wrote "Call It Sleep," perhaps the most astonishing first novel ever written by...
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The Washington Post
Writer Henry Roth Dies; Made Literary Comeback
10/15/1995: 697 words, approx. 2 pages
Henry Roth, 89, whose two much-praised autobiographical novels about childhood in an immigrant family in New York were published 60 years apart, died Oct. 13 in a hospital in Albuquerque. The cause of death could not immediately be learned. One reason Mr. Roth...


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Interview by Henry Roth with David Bronsen
7,427 words, approx. 25 pages
In the following interview, Roth discusses his life and his relationship to writing and creative life.
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Critical Review by Alfred Kazin
4,766 words, approx. 16 pages
In the following review, Kazin discusses Roth's Call It Sleep and asserts that it is a story of David's inner growth.
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Critical Review by Marshall Berman
3,486 words, approx. 12 pages
In the following review, Berman discusses how Roth's From Bondage was changed and how its impact was lessened when crucial scenes concerning incest were cut from the published edition.
 


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