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- catalog abstract ""The author of Couples, The Coup, and Rabbit, Run has drawn an increasingly wide readership over the past twenty years, and major critical attention as well. Why are the Updike protagonists torn with such hopeless intensity between their physical desires and their spiritual yearnings? Why so they attempt repeatedly--and in vain--to give religious meaning to the sexual act? These are some of the questions addressed in this new study. Each of Updike's ten novels is scrutinized with a discerning critical eye, and a separate chapter explores the notable short stories so frequently anthologized. Updike's unique style, which makes all of his fiction especially memorable, receives full attention. But the major focus here is on his overriding themes of love and anguish, lust and penance. Updike is acutely aware of the moral and spiritual vacuum in contemporary American life. He sees the need for transcendent religious experience--for which his characters grope. Unhappily, a society that increasingly restricts marital and family commitments diminishes or destroys such a possibility. Readers who respond to the impressive Updike fictional style will find this attractive study an excellent companion to one of our major writers."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b1430517.
- catalog contributor b1430518.
- catalog coverage "United States New York New York.".
- catalog created "c1980.".
- catalog date "1980".
- catalog date "c1980.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1980.".
- catalog description ""The author of Couples, The Coup, and Rabbit, Run has drawn an increasingly wide readership over the past twenty years, and major critical attention as well. Why are the Updike protagonists torn with such hopeless intensity between their physical desires and their spiritual yearnings? Why so they attempt repeatedly--and in vain--to give religious meaning to the sexual act? These are some of the questions addressed in this new study. Each of Updike's ten novels is scrutinized with a discerning critical eye, and a separate chapter explores the notable short stories so frequently anthologized. Updike's unique style, which makes all of his fiction especially memorable, receives full attention. But the major focus here is on his overriding themes of love and anguish, lust and penance. Updike is acutely aware of the moral and spiritual vacuum in contemporary American life. He sees the need for transcendent religious experience--for which his characters grope. Unhappily, a society that increasingly restricts marital and family commitments diminishes or destroys such a possibility. Readers who respond to the impressive Updike fictional style will find this attractive study an excellent companion to one of our major writers."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Bibliography: p. 139-144.".
- catalog description "Introduction -- 1. The poorhouse fair -- 2. Rabbit, run -- 3. The centaur -- 4. Of the farm -- 5. Couples -- 6. Bech : a book -- 7. Rabbit redux -- 8. A month of Sundays -- 9. Marry me -- 10. The coup. -- 11. Some short stories -- Conclusion.".
- catalog extent "x, 149 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "John Updike.".
- catalog identifier "0804429340 :".
- catalog identifier "0804469458 (pbk.) :".
- catalog isFormatOf "John Updike.".
- catalog isPartOf "Modern literature monographs".
- catalog issued "1980".
- catalog issued "c1980.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Ungar,".
- catalog relation "John Updike.".
- catalog spatial "United States New York New York.".
- catalog subject "PS3571.P4 Z93".
- catalog subject "Updike, John Criticism and interpretation.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction -- 1. The poorhouse fair -- 2. Rabbit, run -- 3. The centaur -- 4. Of the farm -- 5. Couples -- 6. Bech : a book -- 7. Rabbit redux -- 8. A month of Sundays -- 9. Marry me -- 10. The coup. -- 11. Some short stories -- Conclusion.".
- catalog title "John Updike / Suzanne Henning Uphaus.".
- catalog type "text".