Tragic Innocence in Philip Roth’s American Pastoral
American Pastoral is not only an elegiac fictional biography, but an in-depth analysis of the demise of the American dream in the context of post-war social and cultural mutations. The loss of innocence echoes the tragic mythical Fall from Paradise and the novel’s main characters, Seymour “Swede” Le...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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2012-12-01
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Series: | Romanian Journal of English Studies |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.2478/v10319-012-0023-x |