Mocking the Age

Mocking the AgeExplores the comic devices Roth uses to satirize his times, the Jewish community, and himself. The first comprehensive assessment of Philip Roth's later novels, Mocking the Age offers rich and insightful readings that explore how these extraordinary works satirize our contemporary culture. From The Ghost Writer to The Plot Against America, Roth uses humor to address deadly serious matters, including social and political issues, psychological problems,

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and fully rational

this book offers a fascinating and intimate look at many of the Buddhist (and Buddhist-inspired) spiritual and cultural leaders who have shaped our time

and offers a detailed account of Bergson's "Copernican Revolution

Barrett offers a rhetorical corrective

to explore the economic policies

Mechanophotonics emerges as a cutting-edge interdisciplinary research discipline

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and a full understanding of how Egypt’s Copts survived and interacted with the country’s majority population over the centuries

The Hunan First Normal School was one of many reformed schools established in China in the early twentieth century in response to the urgent need to modernize the nation

and French influence

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