Philip Roth letters and essays, 1952-1986.

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Philip Roth letters and essays, 1952-1986.

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The collection consists of thirteen items, including three letters, nine photocopies, and a signed sound recording of Roth reading from Letting Go. Includes: letter to Miss Kellman, 23 Oct. 1963, updating his biographical data; two letters to Robie Macauley, 12 Oct. 1972 offering a chapter of his The Great American Novel for publication in Playboy, and 17 Sept. 1986, declining a job offer. Also, nine photocopied essays or stories from Et Cetera, the Bucknell University literary magazine he co-founded and edited, circa 1952-1954, including his first ever published story, Philosophy, or Something like it. Also, 33 1/3 rpm phonograph sound recording of Philip Roth reading from Letting go, inscribed by the author on the cover verso, published by Calliope, 1963; Calliope 14.

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Macauley, Robie.

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Robie Mayhew Macauley (1919-1995) was educated at Kenyon College, Iowa State University and the University of London. During and after World War II he served as an agent for the Counter-intelligence Corps in Europe and Japan. Some of the material for his short stories was based on his experience in intelligence work. Macauley taught at Bard College and the University of Iowa before coming to the Woman's College (UNCG) in 1950. In August 1953 he resigned from his teaching position, moving on to e...

Roth, Philip, 1933-2018

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Author. Full name: Philip Milton Roth. Born 1933. From the description of Philip Roth papers, 1938-2001 (bulk 1960-1999). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70982313 Philip Roth is a popular and critically acclaimed American novelist. His observations on the Jewish experience in America, as depicted in such works as Goodbye, Columbus, and Portnoy's Complaint, show inventiveness and a singular sense of humor. Some observers find his works unnecessarily scatalogical and self-indul...