Philip Roth: American Pastoral, The Human Stain, The Plot Against America

US and British scholars of literature examine three recent works by American novelist Roth (b. 1933). Their topics include subverting history, and the racial and national uncanny in American Pastoral; history, nostalgia, and language in The Human Stain; illuminating The Human Stain through The Scarlet Letter; Roth's doubled plots against America; and autobiography and history in The Plot Against America. Annotation 穢2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)