Letting Go (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Philip Roth
- First Published: 1962
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Satire
- Time of Work: The 1950’s
- Setting: Chicago, New York, Iowa, and Pennsylvania
- Genres: Long fiction, Realism, Satire
- Subjects: New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, New York City, Midwest, Chicago, Pennsylvania, Adoption or adopted children, Abortion, Intermarriage, Colleges or universities
- Locales: New York, Chicago, IL, Pennsylvania, Iowa
Characters Discussed
Gabriel (Gabe) Wallach, a young instructor of English at the University of Chicago. He had studied creative writing at the University of Iowa, where he met a fellow graduate student, Paul Herz. He becomes heavily involved in Paul’s complicated life with Libby DeWitt, the woman Paul eventually marries. Gabe finds Paul a job as an instructor at the University of Chicago, and their involvements deepen. Gabe’s life is complicated by devotion to his widowed father, his affair with Martha Reganhart, his encounters with his department chairman and his wife,...
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