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Myth and Gospel in the Fiction of John Updike

Myth and Gospel in the Fiction of John Updike

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Literary CriticismGeneral Christianity

Publisher Price: $27.00

ISBN10: 1498225063
ISBN13: 9781498225069
Publisher: Cascade Books
Published: May 17 2016
Pages: 202
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.50 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
Big on style, slight on substance: that has been a common charge over the years by critics of John Updike. In fact, however, John Updike is one of the most serious writers of modern times. Myth, as this book shows, unlocks his fictional universe and repeatedly breaks open the powerful themes in his literary parables of the gospel. Myth and Gospel in the Fiction of John Updike also includes a personal tribute to John Updike by his son David, two essays by pioneer Updike scholars Alice and Kenneth Hamilton, and an anecdotal chapter in which readers share Updike discoveries and recommendations. All in all, weight is added to the complaint that the master of myth and gospel was shortchanged by the Nobel committee.

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