The Fiction of Philip Roth and John Updike

by George J. Searles

In many ways John Updike could be termed America's reigning WASP writer, Philip Roth the chief spokesman for the middle-class intellectual Jew. Although the two writers would seem to have little in common, George Searles' comparison of their works leads to startlingly fresh in­sights not only into their writings but into contemporary culture as well.

Aside from biographical coincidences and a shared preference for realism, Roth and Updike...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809311755
• ISBN13: 9780809311750
• Release Date: December 1984
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 8.5"