Humor - History & Criticism, Literary Criticism - General & Miscellaneous, Mythology - General & Miscellaneous, 20th Century American Literature - Post WWII - Literary Criticism, Society & Culture in Literature, Middle Class, Philosophy & Literature, Myth
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Overview
Keener (English, New York City College of Technology) attempts to correct the omission of previous critical studies of Updike by attending to the comedy in several of Updike's major novels. After a survey of Updike criticism, Keener provides a taxonomy of Updike's comedy and reviews the themes and concerns of traditional comedy. He then devotes a chapter to The Centaur and to each of the Rabbit novels to demonstrate that an awareness of the comedy in these works leads to a better understanding of them and resolves several perceived problems. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, ORBook Details
Published
May 16, 2005
Publisher
New York : P. Lang, c2005.
Pages
148
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780820470900