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- catalog abstract "John Updike's seventeenth novel begins in 1910, and traces God's relation to four generations of an American family, beginning with Clarence Wilmot, a Presbyterian clergyman in Paterson, New Jersey. He loses his faith, and becomes an encyclopedia salesman and a motion-picture addict. The remainder of Clarence's family moves to the small town of Basingstoke, Delaware, where his cautious son, Teddy, becomes a mailman. Faithless himself, Teddy marries a good Methodist girl and begets Esther, whose prayers are always answered; she becomes an object of worship, a twentieth-century goddess. Her neglected son, Clark, makes his way back to the fiery fundamentals of Protestant piety. The novel ends in 1990, in Lower Branch, Colorado, and on television. Taking its title from the "Battle-Hymn of the Republic," In the Beauty of the Lilies spins one saga, one wandering tapestry thread, of the American Century.".
- catalog contributor b8703754.
- catalog contributor b8703755.
- catalog coverage "United States New York New York.".
- catalog created "1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1996.".
- catalog description "De Bellis & Broomfield. John Updike, A160[b]".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references.".
- catalog description "John Updike's seventeenth novel begins in 1910, and traces God's relation to four generations of an American family, beginning with Clarence Wilmot, a Presbyterian clergyman in Paterson, New Jersey. He loses his faith, and becomes an encyclopedia salesman and a motion-picture addict. The remainder of Clarence's family moves to the small town of Basingstoke, Delaware, where his cautious son, Teddy, becomes a mailman. Faithless himself, Teddy marries a good Methodist girl and begets Esther, whose prayers are always answered; she becomes an object of worship, a twentieth-century goddess. Her neglected son, Clark, makes his way back to the fiery fundamentals of Protestant piety. The novel ends in 1990, in Lower Branch, Colorado, and on television. Taking its title from the "Battle-Hymn of the Republic," In the Beauty of the Lilies spins one saga, one wandering tapestry thread, of the American Century.".
- catalog extent "491 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "In the beauty of the lilies.".
- catalog identifier "0679446400".
- catalog isFormatOf "In the beauty of the lilies.".
- catalog isReferencedBy "De Bellis & Broomfield. John Updike, A160[b]".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : A.A. Knopf,".
- catalog relation "In the beauty of the lilies.".
- catalog spatial "United States New York New York.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "813/.54 20".
- catalog subject "Clergy Fiction.".
- catalog subject "Cults Fiction.".
- catalog subject "Families Religious life United States Fiction.".
- catalog subject "PS3571.P4 I44 1996".
- catalog title "In the beauty of the lilies / John Updike.".
- catalog type "Christian fiction Domestic fiction.".
- catalog type "Christian fiction. lcsh".
- catalog type "Domestic fiction. lcgft".
- catalog type "Domestic fiction. lcsh".
- catalog type "Domestic fiction.".
- catalog type "Religious fiction. lcgft".
- catalog type "Religious fiction.".
- catalog type "text".