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 5 - Writing About Writing
from Part I - Life and Literary Contexts
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 July 2021
Edited by
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
Roth’s nonfiction was recently collected in The Library of America’s final volume on his body of work; the collection is called, appropriately, Why Write? As this chapter will discuss, the majority of Roth’s nonfiction attempts to answer this question in some way, commenting on the various challenges faced by the novelist.
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Philip Roth in Context , pp. 48 - 58Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021