Indignation

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Indignation is a 2008 novel by Philip Roth that follows a young man’s coming-of-age and clash with authority at a conservative college during the Korean War era.

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Indignation canonical 5
Indignation (film) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film
novel
author Philip Roth
basedOn Indignation self-linksurface differs
conflictType man vs society
containsMotif college disciplinary system
debate over Bertrand Russell essay
oral sex as transgressive act
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
criticalReception generally positive reviews
director James Schamus
followedBy The Humbling
genre campus novel
coming-of-age novel
historical novel
hasAdaptation Indignation self-linksurface differs
surface form: Indignation (film)
isbn 978-0-618-90293-1
language English
literaryMovement postmodern literature
mainCharacter Marcus Messner
mediaType print
narrationType first-person narrative
narrativeDevice unreliable narrator
narrativeForm retrospective account
pageCount 256
partOf Philip Roth later novels
placeOfPublication New York City
precededBy Exit Ghost
protagonistOrigin Newark
surface form: Newark, New Jersey
protagonistReligion Jewish
publicationDate 2008
publisher Houghton Mifflin
publisherImprint Houghton Mifflin
surface form: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
releaseYear 2016
screenwriter James Schamus
setInDecade 1950s
setInPeriod Korean War
setting Ohio
conservative Christian college
theme Jewish identity
clash with authority
coming of age
fate and contingency
individualism vs conformity
religion and secularism
sexual repression
war and conscription

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Philip Roth notableWork Indignation
Linda Emond appearedIn Indignation
Linda Emond notableWork Indignation
James Schamus notableWork Indignation
Indignation hasAdaptation Indignation self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Indignation (film)
Indignation basedOn Indignation self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Indignation (film)