Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Royal, Derek Parker

Titel

Critical Unmoorings: An Introduction to "Philip Roth Studies"

Ist Teil von

• Philip Roth studies, 2005-04, Vol.1 (1), p.4-6

Ort / Verlag

West Lafayette: Heldref Publications

Erscheinungsjahr

2005

Quelle

Literature Online (LION)

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Add to this the National Arts Club Medal of Honor (1991), the National Medal of Arts (1998), the American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal for Fiction (2001), and the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters (2002), and one sees a career that, at least in the eyes of the critics, is seemingly at the apex of its trajectory. Perhaps even more significant than the awards is the scholarly community's increased attention on Roth. Since 2000, there have been six book-length studies on Roth, single-authored as well as edited collections, with the promise of several more on the way.1 In addition, there have been close to one hundred journal essays and book chapters devoted to his writings, including two special issues of scholarly journals that focus exclusively on Roth.2 When Daniel Walden, the editor of Studies in American Jewish Literature, approached me in 2002 about guest editing a special Roth issue, I had no way of knowing what kind of reaction I would receive from the call for papers. [...]I would like to express my heartfelt appreciation to Elizabeth Foxwell, the journals managing editor, and Douglas J. Kirkpatrick, the executive director of Heldref Publications.