Open AccessJerkin’ the gherkin: Philip Roth’s hands-on humor
Author(s) -
Sam Coale
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
arquivo maaravi
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1982-3053
DOI - 10.17851/1982-3053.5.9.117-120
Subject(s) - philosophy , psychology
Sex, outrage, shock, and satiric humor have become Philip Roth's trademark, which this essay discusses in relation to ten of his novels, from Portnoy's Complaint (1969) to Nemesis(2010).