Showalter continues to teach courses on Roth through a bookstore in Washington, DC, and the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. “He was a very, very moral, as well as extraordinarily erudite writer,” she says. There are passages of great tenderness and understanding for women throughout the whole range of his novels.” But even though there are pages in his books she skips out of distaste, she says, “I don’t think that puts Roth beyond the pale in any sense at all. Showalter is a feminist critic, and Roth has long been criticized for his portrayals (or non-portrayals) of women, which makes her in some ways a surprising champion of his work. Philip Roth’s legacy of acclaim and notoriety, explained in 5 novels
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