Understanding Joseph Roth

Described As A Jew In Search Of A Fatherland And A Wanderer In Flight Toward A Tragic End, The Austrian Writer Joseph Roth (1894-1939) Spent His Life In Pursuit Of A National And Cultural Identity And His Final Years Writing In Fervent Opposition To The Third Reich. In This Introduction To Roth's Novels, Which Include Job And The Radetzky March, Sidney Rosenfeld Demonstrates How The Experience Of Homelessness Not Only Shaped Roth's Life But Also Decisively Defined His Body Of Work. Rosenfeld Suggests That More Than Any Other Component Of Roth's Varied Fiction, His Skillful Portrayals Of Uprootedness And The Search For Home Explain His International Appeal, Which Has Grown In Recent Decades With The Translation Of His Novels Into English.--jacket. Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. The Early Work, 1923-1924: Beginnings Of A Career -- Ch. 3. The Early Work, 1927-1929: New Objectivism And Its Limits -- Ch. 4. The Pinnacle Years, 1930-1932: The Jewish And Austrian Themes -- Ch. 5. The Exile Years, 1933-1937: The Novels Of Guilt And Repentance -- Ch. 6. The Exile Years, 1938-1939: Return To The Theme Of Austria -- Ch. 7. Riddles Of A Torn Existence. Sidney Rosenfeld. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 113-119) And Index.