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Modern American Literature Ser.: New Approaches: John Updike's Human Comedy : Comic Morality in the Centaur and the Rabbit Novels by Brian Keener (2005, Hardcover)
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PublisherLang A&G International Academic Publishers, Peter
ISBN-100820470902
ISBN-139780820470900
eBay Product ID (ePID)30869403
Product Key Features
Number of Pages150 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameJohn Updike's Human Comedy : Comic Morality in the Centaur and the Rabbit Novels
Publication Year2005
SubjectFairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, American / General, Humor, Subjects & Themes / General
FeaturesNew Edition
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism
AuthorBrian Keener
SeriesModern American Literature Ser.: New Approaches
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight12.7 Oz
Item Length9.1 in
Item Width6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2004-006665
Reviews«This book, on the comic morality in John Updike_s novels, is a piece of truly first-rate and original scholarship. Keener_s work demonstrates nicely how in Updike _ and by implication in other writers _ comedy, broadly understood, provides more than fun and entertainment: it can bring man to mature self-understanding; it can help him find his place in the world. Keener_s scholarship is smart and sophisticated, and, as I have said, also highly original, one could even say ground-breaking, because not much scholarly work on this aspect of comic fiction has been done (writers on literary comedy usually concentrate on drama).» (N. John Hall, Distinguished Professor, Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York (and Anthony Trollope scholar)), «This book, on the comic morality in John Updike's novels, is a piece of truly first-rate and original scholarship. Keener's work demonstrates nicely how in Updike - and by implication in other writers - comedy, broadly understood, provides more than fun and entertainment: it can bring man to mature self-understanding; it can help him find his place in the world. Keener's scholarship is smart and sophisticated, and, as I have said, also highly original, one could even say ground-breaking, because not much scholarly work on this aspect of comic fiction has been done (writers on literary comedy usually concentrate on drama).» (N. John Hall, Distinguished Professor, Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York (and Anthony Trollope scholar)), This book, on the comic morality in John Updike's novels, is a piece of truly first-rate and original scholarship. Keener's work demonstrates nicely how in Updike - and by implication in other writers - comedy, broadly understood, provides more than fun and entertainment: it can bring man to mature self-understanding; it can help him find his place in the world. Keener's scholarship is smart and sophisticated, and, as I have said, also highly original, one could even say ground-breaking, because not much scholarly work on this aspect of comic fiction has been done (writers on literary comedy usually concentrate on drama). (N. John Hall, Distinguished Professor, Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York (and Anthony Trollope scholar))
Dewey Edition22
Series Volume Number43
Number of Volumes0 vols.
Dewey Decimal813/.54
Edition DescriptionNew Edition
SynopsisThe comedy in John Updike's most important works - The Centaur; Rabbit, Run; Rabbit Redux; Rabbit Is Rich; Rabbit at Rest ; and Rabbit Remembered - defines a comic world and its morality. Although critics have failed to recognize the extent and the importance of Updike's comedy, his serious fiction does contain a good deal of farce, burlesque, and irony that, far from being peripheral or mere comic relief, depicts the absurd and contradictory nature of life. Within such a world, set in the everyday Pennsylvania of the second half of the twentieth century, human beings mature, or gain Kierkegaard's ethical sphere, by fulfilling their societal and generational responsibilities. George Caldwell of The Centaur is Updike's paragon, while Rabbit Angstrom embodies the comic hero who, through trial and error, finally matures. Overall, through an analysis of Updike's comedy, this book reveals a dimension of his fiction that is essential to understanding his work.
LC Classification NumberPS3571.P4Z744 2005
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