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THE CONDITION OF THE INTELLECTUAL IN PHILIP ROTH'S ZUCKERMAN BOUND
THE CONDITION OF THE INTELLECTUAL IN PHILIP ROTH'S ZUCKERMAN BOUND

Author(s): Corina Alexandrina Lirca
Subject(s): Novel, Philology, American Literature
Published by: Editura Arhipelag XXI
Keywords: intellectuals; the writer; moral and phisical consequences of a chosen profession; self- estrangement;

Summary/Abstract: Once the concept of the intellectual is defined, the present paper continues by examining Roth‘s depiction of Jewish-American intellectuals in his first trilogy, Zuckerman Bound. The focus is placed on the type of intellectual represented by the protagonist, Nathan Zuckerman.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 24
  • Page Range: 152-156
  • Page Count: 5
  • Language: English