John Updike S Human Comedy
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John Updike S Human Comedy
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Author : Brian Keener
language : en
Publisher: Peter Lang
Release Date : 2005
John Updike S Human Comedy written by Brian Keener and has been published by Peter Lang this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Literary Criticism categories.
The 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.
Becoming John Updike
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Author : Laurence W. Mazzeno
language : en
Publisher: Camden House
Release Date : 2013
Becoming John Updike written by Laurence W. Mazzeno and has been published by Camden House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Literary Criticism categories.
When John Updike died in 2009, tributes from the literary establishment were immediate and fulsome. However, no one reading reviews of Updike's work in the late 1960s would have predicted that kind of praise for a man who was known then as a brilliant stylist who had nothing to say. What changed? Why? And what is likely to be his legacy? These are the questions that Becoming John Updike pursues by examining the journalistic and academic response to his writings. Several things about Updike's career make a reception study appropriate. First, he was prolific: he began publishing fiction and essays in 1956, published his first book in 1958, and from then on, brought out at least one new book each year. Second, his books were reviewed widely - usually in major American newspapers and magazines, and often in foreign ones as well. Third, Updike quickly became a darling of academics; the first book about his work was published in 1967, less than a decade after his own first book. More than three dozen books and hundreds of articles of academic criticism have been devoted to Updike. The present volume will appeal to the continuing interest in Updike's writing among academics and general readers alike. Laurence W. Mazzeno is President Emeritus of Alvernia University. Among other books, he has written volumes on Austen, Dickens, Tennyson, and Matthew Arnold for Camden House's Literary Criticism in Perspective series.
Updike And Politics
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Author : Matthew Shipe
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2019-06-27
Updike And Politics written by Matthew Shipe and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-06-27 with Political Science categories.
Presenting the first interdisciplinary consideration of his political thought, Updike and Politics: New Considerations establishes a new scholarly foundation for assessing one of the most recognized and significant American writers of the post-1945 period. This book brings together a diverse group of American and international scholars, including contributors from Japan, India, Israel, and Europe. Like Updike himself, the collection canvases a wide range of topics, including Updike’s too often overlooked poetry and his single play. Its essays deal with not only political themes such as the traditional aspects of power, rights, equality, justice, or violence but also the more divisive elements in Updike’s work like race, gender, imperialism, hegemony, and technology. Ultimately, the book reveals how Updike’s immense body of work illuminates the central political questions and problems that troubled American culture during the second half of the twentieth century as well as the opening decade of the new millennium.
The Human Comedy
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Author : William Saroyan
language : en
Publisher: Mariner Books
Release Date : 1943
The Human Comedy written by William Saroyan and has been published by Mariner Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1943 with Fiction categories.
Widow and three orphan children in small California town make a go of life.
No Endings Only Beginnings
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Author : Bernie S. Siegel
language : en
Publisher: Hay House, Inc
Release Date : 2020-03-24
No Endings Only Beginnings written by Bernie S. Siegel and has been published by Hay House, Inc this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-24 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
Dr. Bernie Siegel--revered thought-leader, retired surgeon, and prolific author--offers meaningful life-lessons inspired by the significant quotes pulled from his notebooks. "Make your own Bible. Select and collect all the words and sentences that in all your readings have been to you like the blast of a trumpet." - Ralph Waldo Emerson We have all come across a sentence in a book or a line of poetry that seems to jump off the page as if it has been patiently waiting for you to discover it in this precise instant. At times, the lyrics of a song or words spoken in a play can feel as if God is speaking directly to you, guiding you on your quest for truth and authenticity in this weird and wonderful life. From the words of great thinkers and quiet moments with God, to snippets of conversation with patients, and moments shared with his late-wife, Bobbie, Dr. Bernie Siegel has curated his most meaningful stories, lessons, and quotes from a lifetime of journals in No Endings, Only Beginnings. With this book, he encourages you not just to learn from his advice and experience, but to create your own book of collected wisdom-your life manual for growing, loving, and healing-as you continue to shape your personal understanding of the answers to life's big questions.
The Novel
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Author : Michael Schmidt
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2014-05-12
The Novel written by Michael Schmidt and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-12 with Education categories.
With contributions from Great Britain, Ireland, America, Canada, Australia, India, and Southern Africa; influenced by great novelists working in other languages; and encompassing a range of genres, the story of the novel in English unfolds like a richly varied landscape that invites exploration rather than a linear journey.
The Witches Of Eastwick
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Author : John Updike
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2012-03-13
The Witches Of Eastwick written by John Updike and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-03-13 with Fiction categories.
“John Updike is the great genial sorcerer of American letters [and] The Witches of Eastwick [is one of his] most ambitious works. . . . [A] comedy of the blackest sort.”—The New York Times Book Review Toward the end of the Vietnam era, in a snug little Rhode Island seacoast town, wonderful powers have descended upon Alexandra, Jane, and Sukie, bewitching divorcées with sudden access to all that is female, fecund, and mysterious. Alexandra, a sculptor, summons thunderstorms; Jane, a cellist, floats on the air; and Sukie, the local gossip columnist, turns milk into cream. Their happy little coven takes on new, malignant life when a dark and moneyed stranger, Darryl Van Horne, refurbishes the long-derelict Lenox mansion and invites them in to play. Thenceforth scandal flits through the darkening, crooked streets of Eastwick—and through the even darker fantasies of the town’s collective psyche. “A great deal of fun to read . . . fresh, constantly entertaining . . . John Updike [is] a wizard of language and observation.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer “Vintage Updike, which is to say among the best fiction we have.”—Newsday
Aging Masculinities In Contemporary U S Fiction
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Author : Josep M. Armengol
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2021-07-26
Aging Masculinities In Contemporary U S Fiction written by Josep M. Armengol and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-07-26 with Literary Criticism categories.
This book focuses on representations of aging masculinities in contemporary U.S. fiction, including shifting perceptions of physical and sexual prowess, depression, and loss, but also greater wisdom and confidence, legacy, as well as new affective patterns. The collection also incorporates factors such as race, sexuality and religion. The volume includes studies, amongst others, on Philip Roth, Paul Auster, Toni Morrison, Ernest Gaines, and Edmund White. Ultimately, this study proves that men’s aging experiences as described in contemporary U.S. literature and culture are as complex and varied as those of their female counterparts.
Literature In America
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Author : Peter Conn
language : en
Publisher: CUP Archive
Release Date : 1989-08-25
Literature In America written by Peter Conn and has been published by CUP Archive this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989-08-25 with Literary Criticism categories.
Professor Conn summarises the distinctive achievements of the American literary heritage from early 1600's to late 1980's.
American Literature On Stage And Screen
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Author : Thomas S. Hischak
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2014-01-10
American Literature On Stage And Screen written by Thomas S. Hischak and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-10 with Literary Criticism categories.
The 525 notable works of 19th and 20th century American fiction in this reference book have many stage, movie, television, and video adaptations. Each literary work is described and then every adaptation is examined with a discussion of how accurate the version is and how well it succeeds in conveying the spirit of the original in a different medium. In addition to famous novels and short stories by authors such as Nathaniel Hawthorne, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Willa Cather, many bestsellers, mysteries, children's books, young adult books, horror novels, science fiction, detective stories, and sensational potboilers from the past two centuries are examined.