Abstract
This article adopts an essayistic approach: it discusses the work and influence of Philip Roth from the perspective of a literary scholar and a writer of fiction working in German. Taking The Plot Against America as a starting point, the article first examines the stamp collection motif in Roth’s novel and in Hans Keilson’s novel The Death of the Adversary (1959). The article then proceeds to a discussion of Philip Roth’s work with regard to the concept of the Great American Novel before it suggests what a “Great German Novel” might look like if someone attempted to create one today.
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