This is a groundbreaking collection of psychologically-themed, new, contemporary essays on Philip Roth written by some of the most prestigious and prominent Roth scholars in the world. There are also included important studies of psychoanalytically related essays/interviews that bring to light hither to fore forgotten or suppressed aspects of Roth's personal life that directly influenced his writings such as the incestual and oedipal nature of his relationships with his parents and brother.