"Dispute Incarnate": Philip Roth's Operation Shylock, the Demjanjuk trial, and eyewitness testimony

McLoughlin, C. (2008) "Dispute Incarnate": Philip Roth's Operation Shylock, the Demjanjuk trial, and eyewitness testimony. Philip Roth Studies,

Abstract

McLoughlin argues that in Operation Shylock Roth distorts the Demjanjuk trial to focus maximum attention on the eyewitness testimony of a Treblinka survivor who had previously claimed that Ivan the Terrible was killed but who now identifies him as Demjanjuk. In spotlighting this logical impossibility, Roth suggests an aesthetic and an ethos for representing the Holocaust.

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: McLoughlin, Dr Catherine
• Authors: McLoughlin, C.
• Subjects: P Language and Literature > PR English literature
• College/School: College of Arts & Humanities > School of Critical Studies > English Literature
• Journal Name: Philip Roth Studies
• ISSN: 1547-3929