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John Updike's Human Comedy

Name: John Updike's Human Comedy
Brand: Peter Lang Publishing Inc
SKU: 10023940
Price: 85.99 EUR
Availability: InStock
Author: Brian Keener
ISBN: 9780820470900

Brian Keener

Language

English

Book Hardback

Libristo code: 10023940

Publishers Peter Lang Publishing Inc, May 2005

The comedy in John Updike's most important works - The Centaur; Rabbit, Run; Rabbit Redux; Rabbit Is... Full description

Libristo code: 10023940

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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.