The Library of America's definitive edition of Philip Roth's collected works
The Library of America's definitive edition of Philip Roth's collected works (2005–2017) is a series collecting Philip Roth's works. The Library of America's aim is to collect and republish all of Roth's literary output. Originally envisioned as an eight-volume series, the revised plan presents Roth's oeuvre in ten volumes.[1] First published in 2005, ten volumes have been published as of 2017, all edited by Ross Miller, except the last one, by Roth himself.[2]
Volume 1: Novels and Stories 1959–1962[edit]
LOA #157: Published August 18, 2005, ISBN 978-1-931082-79-2, 913 pages
- Goodbye, Columbus (1959)
- Letting Go (1962)
Volume 2: Novels 1967–1972[edit]
LOA #158: Published August 18, 2005, ISBN 978-1-931082-80-8, 671 pages
- When She Was Good (1967)
- Portnoy's Complaint (1969)
- Our Gang (1971)
- The Breast (1972)
Volume 3: Novels 1973–1977[edit]
LOA #165: Published October 19, 2006, ISBN 978-1-931082-96-9, 900 pages
- The Great American Novel (1973)
- My Life As a Man (1974)
- The Professor of Desire (1977)
Volume 4: Zuckerman Bound: A Trilogy & Epilogue 1979–1985[edit]
LOA #175: Published September 20, 2007, ISBN 978-1-59853-011-7, 675 pages
- The Ghost Writer (1979)
- Zuckerman Unbound (1981)
- The Anatomy Lesson (1983)
- The Prague Orgy (1985)
- Unproduced television screenplay for The Prague Orgy (1985)
Volume 5: Novels and Other Narratives 1986–1991[edit]
LOA #185: Published September 4, 2008, ISBN 978-1-59853-030-8, 767 pages
- The Counterlife (1986)
- The Facts (1988)
- Deception (1990)
- Patrimony (1991)
Volume 6: Novels 1993–1995[edit]
LOA #205: Published September 2, 2010, ISBN 978-1-59853-078-0, 842 pages
- Operation Shylock (1993)
- Sabbath's Theater (1995)
Volume 7: The American Trilogy 1997–2000[edit]
LOA #220: Published September 29, 2011, ISBN 978-1-59853-103-9, 1088 pages
- American Pastoral (1997)
- I Married a Communist (1998)
- The Human Stain (2000)
Volume 8: Novels 2001–2007[edit]
LOA #236: Published February 7, 2013, ISBN 978-1-59853-198-5, 740 pages
- The Dying Animal (2001)
- The Plot Against America (2004)
- Exit Ghost (2007)
Volume 9: Nemeses[edit]
LOA #237: Published February 7, 2013, ISBN 978-1-59853-199-2, 598 pages
- Everyman (2006)
- Indignation (2008)
- The Humbling (2009)
- Nemesis (2010)
Volume 10: Why Write?: Collected Nonfiction 1960–2013[edit]
LOA #300: Published September 12, 2017, ISBN 978-1-59853-540-2, 476 pages
- Roth’s selection of Reading Myself and Others (1975)
- Shop Talk (2001)
- Explanations (fourteen later pieces)
References[edit]
- ^ "Will 8 Roth Volumes Be Enough? - Library of America Subscribers - LibraryThing". www.librarything.com.
- ^ Philip Roth bibliographical note - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books
External links[edit]
- Philip Roth at the official Library of America website.