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Hayes makes a persuasive case ... a highly successful book. Hayes's argument is grounded in compelling and perceptive close readings of Roth's work ... Philip Roth: Fiction and Power remains one of the most exciting works on Roth to appear in recent years, suggesting fruitful directions for how we might read a career as lengthy and complicated as Roth's. More broadly, the book illustrates how Roth's long engagement with the function of literature remains particularly valuable as we continue to speculate on how and why we read fiction. Matthew Shipe, Review of English Studies In his account of Roth's allies and adversaries, Hayes leaves few stones unturned. The study incorporates a staggering scope and mixture of influences ... The close readings are generous, perceptive, and strong ... a rich and interrogative study that will surely make an impact both within and outside of Roth scholarship. Ola Joensson, Studia Neophilologica Philip Roth: Fiction and Power offers a wealth of complex readings across Roth's entire oeuvre. It also shows an illuminating view on this prominent author's intricate creative and intellectual process by tracing the genesis of his work through the use of archival material. Hayes makes a timely, insightful, and compelling contribution to existing criticism on Roth, but he also adds to theoretical discourses about aesthetic and ethical dimensions in literature, such that not only scholars interested in Roth but also others will find this book useful. Melissa Schuha, Textual Practice

Philip Roth: Fiction and Power offers a wealth of complex readings across Roth's entire oeuvre. It also shows an illuminating view on this prominent author's intricate creative and intellectual process by tracing the genesis of his work through the use of archival material. Hayes makes a timely, insightful, and compelling contribution to existing criticism on Roth, but he also adds to theoretical discourses about aesthetic and ethical dimensions in literature, such that not only scholars interested in Roth but also others will find this book useful. * Melissa Schuha, Textual Practice * In his account of Roth's allies and adversaries, Hayes leaves few stones unturned. The study incorporates a staggering scope and mixture of influences ... The close readings are generous, perceptive, and strong ... a rich and interrogative study that will surely make an impact both within and outside of Roth scholarship. * Ola Joensson, Studia Neophilologica * Hayes makes a persuasive case ... a highly successful book. Hayes's argument is grounded in compelling and perceptive close readings of Roth's work ... Philip Roth: Fiction and Power remains one of the most exciting works on Roth to appear in recent years, suggesting fruitful directions for how we might read a career as lengthy and complicated as Roth's. More broadly, the book illustrates how Roth's long engagement with the function of literature remains particularly valuable as we continue to speculate on how and why we read fiction. * Matthew Shipe, Review of English Studies *

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Patrick Hayes is Associate Professor of English Literature at the University of Oxford, and a Fellow of St John's College. His previous work includes J.M. Coetzee and the Novel: Writing and Politics After Beckett (2010).

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