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Source: The New Republic

3-26-13

Michael Kimmage: Philip Roth as Phenomenon of the American Spirit

Michael Kimmage is an associate professor of history at Catholic University. He is the author of In History’s Grip: Philip Roth’s Newark Trilogy and The Conservative Turn: Lionel Trilling, Whittaker Chambers and the Lessons of Anti-Communism; he is also the translator of Wolfgang Koeppen’s Journey Through America.

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Michael Kimmage: Philip Roth as Phenomenon of the American Spirit