Book contents
- Philip Roth in Context
- Philip Roth in Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- A Note on References and Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Life and Literary Contexts
- Chapter 1 Life
- Chapter 2 Literary Influences
- Chapter 3 Literary Conversations
- Chapter 4 Roth’s Comic Seriousness
- Chapter 5 Writing About Writing
- Part II Critical Contexts
- Part III Geographical Contexts
- Part IV Theoretical Contexts
- Part V Jewish American Identity
- Part VI Gender and Sexuality
- Part VII Political Contexts
- Part VIII Roth’s Legacy
- Primary Bibliography
- Selected Secondary Bibliography
- Index
Chapter 3 - Literary Conversations
from Part I - Life and Literary Contexts
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 July 2021
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Book contents
- Philip Roth in Context
- Philip Roth in Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- A Note on References and Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Life and Literary Contexts
- Chapter 1 Life
- Chapter 2 Literary Influences
- Chapter 3 Literary Conversations
- Chapter 4 Roth’s Comic Seriousness
- Chapter 5 Writing About Writing
- Part II Critical Contexts
- Part III Geographical Contexts
- Part IV Theoretical Contexts
- Part V Jewish American Identity
- Part VI Gender and Sexuality
- Part VII Political Contexts
- Part VIII Roth’s Legacy
- Primary Bibliography
- Selected Secondary Bibliography
- Index
Summary
. This chapter provides a glimpse into some of the relationships with writers from different generations, countries, and backgrounds that animated Roth’s life and enriched his fiction. Fierce defender of his friends, when it came to literature he was also an incisive critic. He famously withheld praise from his dying mentor Bernard Malamud, in whose eulogy he quoted William Blake: “Opposition is true friendship.”
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- Philip Roth in Context , pp. 27 - 36Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021