Love in the Time of Polio: Sound, Sickness, and Stigma in Philip Roth's Nemesis
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Philip Roth's novel Nemesis follows Jewish gym teacher Bucky Cantor as he unravels in the wake of a polio epidemic. Barred from fighting in WWII due to poor eyesight, Bucky attempts to atone for this self-perceived failure of masculinity by acting as a ration... ...
