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The Counterlife Study Guide

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by Philip Roth
About 4 pages (1,286 words)
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Techniques

In presenting his "counterlives," Roth uses a variety of traditional techniques, such as flashbacks, interior monologues, dramatic skits, and comic juxtapositions of events; but the novel's form as well as its theme is fresh and original. As the novel repeatedly doubles back on itself, the reader is compelled to reconsider characters and events in different contexts......

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The Counterlife from Beacham's Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction and Beacham's Guide to Literature for Young Adults. ©2005-2006 Thomson Gale, a part of the Thomson Corporation. All rights reserved.



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