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Battles in “Defender of the Faith”
Philip Roth’s “Defender of the Faith” takes place at a “new front” during the last months of World War II (161). Focus on a “fight” in the story and show how characters acquit themselves on that “field of battle” (166). … Continue reading
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Tagged Defender of the Faith, fight, literature, Philip Roth, short story, writing
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Stillness in “Defender of the Faith”
While there are several confrontations at Nathan Marx’s “new front” in Philip Roth’s “Defender of the Faith,” are there also moments of what Charles Baxter calls stillness, which he says “is simply one of the hardest psychic conditions to get … Continue reading
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Tagged Charles Baxter, Defender of the Faith, literature, Philip Roth, short story, stillness, writing
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