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John Updike : A Critical Biography by Bob. Batchelor (2013, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherBloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN-100313384037
ISBN-139780313384035
eBay Product ID (ePID)143631848
Product Key Features
Number of Pages248 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameJohn Updike : a Critical Biography
Publication Year2013
SubjectLiterary, American / General, Books & Reading
TypeTextbook
AuthorBob. Batchelor
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Biography & Autobiography
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight18.6 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2012-047894
Reviews"A fundamental dimension of this biography is Batchelor's attempt, four years after Updike's death, to demonstrate how much of Updike was either not treated or mischaracterized by critics during his life. Summing Up: Recommended. All readers." - Choice, "[H]olds a great deal of interest for a general audience as well as the Updike specialist." -- American Studies The University of Kansas "A fundamental dimension of this biography is Batchelor's attempt, four years after Updike's death, to demonstrate how much of Updike was either not treated or mischaracterized by critics during his life. Summing Up: Recommended. All readers." -- Choice
Dewey Edition23
Number of Volumes1 vol.
Dewey Decimal813/.54 B
Table Of ContentPreface Acknowledgments 1 John Updike: An American Writer and His Times 2 Why Write: Updike as Craftsman, Professional, and Celebrity 3 Pennsylvania as American Ideal 4 Updike's Poetry 5 Rabbit, Run and American Culture 6 Chronicler of American Sexuality 7 Rabbit Lives and Dies 8 Between Writer and Reader: Updike as Critic 9 Master Storyteller 10 Radical Departures: Updike as Experimental Novelist 11 Updike's Audience 12 Racing toward the Apocalypse: Updike's New America 13 Evolution of a Literary Lion Conclusion Bibliography Index
SynopsisWidely considered "America's Man of Letters," John Updike is a prolific novelist and critic with an unprecedented range of work across more than 50 years. No author has ever written from the variety of vantages or spanned topics like Updike did. Despite being widely recognized as one of the nation's literary greats, scholars have largely ignored Updike's vast catalog of work outside the Rabbit tetralogy. This work provides the first detailed examination of Updike's body of criticism, poetry, and journalism, and shows how that work played a central role in transforming his novels. The book disputes the common misperception of Updike as merely a chronicler of suburban, middle-class America by focusing on his novels and stories that explore the wider world, from the groundbreaking The Coup (1978) to Terrorist (2006). Popular culture scholar Bob Batchelor asks readers to reassess Updike's career by tracing his transformation over half a century of writing., One of the world's greatest writers, John Updike chronicled America for more than five decades. This book examines the essence of Updike's writing, propelling our understanding of his award-winning fiction, prose, and poetry., One of the world's greatest writers, John Updike chronicled America for more than five decades. This book examines the essence of Updike's writing, propelling our understanding of his award-winning fiction, prose, and poetry. Widely considered "America's Man of Letters," John Updike is a prolific novelist and critic with an unprecedented range of work across more than 50 years. No author has ever written from the variety of vantages or spanned topics like Updike did. Despite being widely recognized as one of the nation's literary greats, scholars have largely ignored Updike's vast catalog of work outside the Rabbit tetralogy. This work provides the first detailed examination of Updike's body of criticism, poetry, and journalism, and shows how that work played a central role in transforming his novels. The book disputes the common misperception of Updike as merely a chronicler of suburban, middle-class America by focusing on his novels and stories that explore the wider world, from the groundbreaking The Coup (1978) to Terrorist (2006). Popular culture scholar Bob Batchelor asks readers to reassess Updike's career by tracing his transformation over half a century of writing.
LC Classification NumberPS3571.P4Z55 2013
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