Title: Imagining the Perverse: Bernard Malamud's The Fixer and Philip Roth's The Plot Against America
Abstract:In his 1974 critique of Malamud's treatment of characters in The Assistant, The Fixer, and Pictures of Fidelman, Philip Roth seemed incredulous at the unrelenting pain and humiliation Malamud inflicte...In his 1974 critique of Malamud's treatment of characters in The Assistant, The Fixer, and Pictures of Fidelman, Philip Roth seemed incredulous at the unrelenting pain and humiliation Malamud inflicted on his characters. Yet in a 1984 interview, Roth disregarded his earlier condemnation of Malamud's ostensibly sadistic excesses and gave himself permission to use perversity in own creative process. This essay compares and contrasts the motivations for and the uses of the perverse in Malamud's The Fixer and Roth's The Plot Against America.Read More
Publication Year: 2008
Publication Date: 2008-03-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
Access and Citation
Cited By Count: 3
AI Researcher Chatbot
Get quick answers to your questions about the article from our AI researcher chatbot