{"product_id":"9798765123799","title":"Women, Sexuality, and Empowerment in Philip Roth’s Fiction","description":"\u003ch1\u003eWomen, Sexuality, and Empowerment in Philip Roth’s Fiction\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBrittany Hirth\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ American \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA new, post-#MeToo critical approach to reading and recuperating the gendered representations of women in a selection of Roth's novels.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWomen, Sexuality, and Empowerment in Philip Roth's Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e intervenes in the current critical conversation about Philip Roth and his depictions of women. Some critics have determined that Roth portrays women in a misogynistic manner. However, these same critics have ignored women who are sexually empowered or rebellious in a few of his most recognizable novels. With this study, Hirth argues that despite Roth's evident male gaze towards the women he creates for the page, these women reorient the sexualized power dynamic in the relationships in which they participate and thereby problematize the assumption that Roth is a sexist author.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEach chapter details some of Roth's most dynamic female characters from his most recognizable novels at different periods of his literary career, including \u003ci\u003eGoodbye Columbus, The Dying Animal, Sabbath's Theater, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eIndignation\u003c\/i\u003e, and demonstrates how Roth crafts complex women. This analysis illuminates how Roth's women operate against the social constraints that limit their power and potential. In short, the in-depth analysis of a few of Roth's characters disproves the overly generalized claims that Roth cannot write women and advocates for a reading that illustrates how he not only creates empowered women but can also inspire them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eBrittany Hirth \u003c\/b\u003eis Assistant Professor of English at Dickinson State University, USA.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10 December 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9798765123799\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e192\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51515343863948,"sku":"9798765123799","price":90.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_cde64488-3bb0-447b-8201-35cc47485293.jpg?v=1784692490","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9798765123799","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}