Political initiation in the novels of Philip Roth /

Political Initiation in the Novels of Philip Roth exemplifies how literature and, specifically, the work of Philip Roth can help readers understand the ways in which individuals develop their political identity, learn to comprehend political ideas, and define their role in society. Combining politic...

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Tác giả chính: Brühwiler, Claudia Franziska
Định dạng: Licensed eBooks
Ngôn ngữ:Tiếng Anh
Được phát hành: New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2013.
Truy cập trực tuyến:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=602507
Mục lục:
  • Framework. Beginnings and transitions in political science and literature
  • Classical initiation stories. Political awakenings in The plot against America and Indignation
  • Guided by the particularizer: I married a Communist
  • Political odysseys: Prague, Israel, and elsewhere
  • Initiation as radical self-invention. Passing and other escapes from the hereditary predicament
  • The religious void, or terrorist art: fanaticism as a quest for identity de-initiation
  • For another go: (Zucker)man as a perpetual initiand
  • Epilogue.