Other John Updike : Poems, Short Stories, Prose, Play by Donald J. Greiner (1981, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherOhio University Press
ISBN-100821405853
ISBN-139780821405857
eBay Product ID (ePID)2180387
Product Key Features
Number of Pages318 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameOther John Updike : Poems, Short Stories, Prose, Play
Publication Year1981
SubjectAmerican / General
TypeTextbook
AuthorDonald J. Greiner
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN80-022377
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Decimal813/.54
SynopsisJohn Updike has won a National Book Award and has earned both critical and popular acclaim. At the moment, his reputation rests largely on his novels, especially Rabbit, Run ; The Centaur ; Of the Farm ; and The Coup ., John Updike has won a National Book Award and has earned both critical and popular acclaim. At the moment, his reputation rests largely on his novels, especially Rabbit, Run ; The Centaur ; Of the Farm ; and The Coup . Of his many books, more than half are volumes of poems, stories, essays and reviews, and one play, yet the numerous critical books on Updike concentrate primarily on his long fiction with the result that over one half of his canon is often ignored. The Other John Updike is the first sustained critical analysis of this significant part of Updike's achievement. Professor Greiner's study is important and impressive in its ability to treat Updike's stories and poems sensitively and to show what makes them work so well. Not only does Greiner discuss and analyze individual poems, tales, and essays, but also he suggests the development of Updike's work. Aware of Updike's reputation as a poet of light verse, Greiner shows how the autobiographical poems nd the lyrics of mortality and loss reflect more fundamental themes in Updike's writing. Similarly, Greiner argues, the short stories reveal a general tendency away from the nostalgia of the earlier tales toward lyrical meditation and irony as the Updike canon grows. Discussions of Updike's commitment to mimesis, which he develops in his critical essays and reviews, and a reading of his unusual play, Buchanan Dying , offer a perspective on an important segment of Updike's work that unfortunately seems to be unknown to all but the specialist. The Other John Updike is a major contribution to an overview of this remarkable author's achievement.
LC Classification NumberPS3571.P4.Z684
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