the céline effect: "céline is a great liberator; I feel called by his voice"—philip roth

..., Céline still signifies a vital critical function within the American institutions of literature. Alice Kaplan is Professor of Romance Studies and Literature at Duke University. Her previous work on Céline includes Sources et citations dans "Bagatelles pour un massacre" (1987) and a special issue of South Atlantic Quarterly, coedited with Philippe Roussin, "Céline, USA" (1994).