I Married a Communist

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book novel

I Married a Communist is a 1998 novel by Philip Roth that explores McCarthy-era anti-communist hysteria and personal betrayal through the downfall of a radio star accused of being a communist.

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I Married a Communist canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book ⓘ
novel ⓘ
author Philip Roth ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
criticalReception generally positive reviews ⓘ
exploresHistoricalEvent McCarthyism ⓘ
Red Scare ⓘ
featuresCharacter Eve Frame ⓘ
Ira Ringold ⓘ
Nathan Zuckerman ⓘ
followedBy The Human Stain ⓘ
genre historical fiction ⓘ
literary fiction ⓘ
political novel ⓘ
hasSubject celebrity culture ⓘ
communism in the United States ⓘ
informing and denunciation ⓘ
mass media ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement postmodern literature ⓘ
mainTheme American politics ⓘ
anti-communist hysteria ⓘ
ideology and identity ⓘ
personal betrayal ⓘ
political persecution ⓘ
narrativeForm first-person narrative ⓘ
narrator Nathan Zuckerman ⓘ
notableFor depiction of McCarthy-era anti-communist hysteria ⓘ
use of recurring narrator Nathan Zuckerman ⓘ
originalMediaType print ⓘ
partOf Philip Roth bibliography ⓘ
placeOfPublication New York City ⓘ
plotSummary The novel recounts the rise and fall of radio actor Ira Ringold, who is destroyed by accusations of being a communist and by personal betrayal. ⓘ
precededBy American Pastoral ⓘ
protagonistOccupation radio star ⓘ
publicationYear 1998 ⓘ
publisher Houghton Mifflin ⓘ
series Roth's American Trilogy ⓘ
surface form: Roth’s American Trilogy
settingPeriod Cold War ⓘ
McCarthyism ⓘ
surface form: McCarthy era

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Philip Roth → notableWork → I Married a Communist ⓘ
Philip → notableWork → I Married a Communist ⓘ
subject surface form: Philip Roth
American Pastoral → followedBy → I Married a Communist ⓘ
The Human Stain → precededBy → I Married a Communist ⓘ
Zuckerman novels → hasPart → I Married a Communist ⓘ
Roth's American Trilogy → hasPart → I Married a Communist ⓘ