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Philip Roth's Personae: Mise en Abyme, Hysterical Ghost, and Angry Act

2017; Johns Hopkins University Press; Volume: 74; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1353/aim.2017.0004

1085-7931

S.J. Leibovici,

Contemporary Literature and Criticism

The essay explores the different forms and effects of mise en abyme, or the use of mirroring techniques and alter egos, in the works of Philip Roth. In Roth's texts, mise en abyme enables the novelist to avoid rigid limitations of pure autobiography and to express aspects of his personality in a kaleidoscopic multitude of characters.