Understanding John Updike

A close look at the extraordinary literary achievements of this popular and prolific American author

Info autore

Frederic Svoboda is a professor and former chair of the English Department and director of the Graduate Program in American Culture at the University of Michigan-Flint. He served two terms as a director and treasurer of the Ernest Hemingway Foundation and is the author or editor of several books. His most recent publication, coedited with Suzanne del Gizzo, is Hemingway's The Garden of Eden: Twenty-five Years of Criticism.

Riassunto

The winner of every major American literary prize, John Updike was one of the most popular and prolific novelists of his time and a major cultural figure. In Understanding John Updike, Frederic Svoboda elucidates the author's deep insights into the second half of the twentieth century as seen through the lives of ordinary men and women.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Frederic Svoboda
• Editore: The University of South Carolina Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.03.2020
• EAN: 9781643360966
• ISBN: 978-1-64336-096-6
• Pagine: 136
• Dimensioni: 149 mm x 226 mm x 12 mm
• Peso: 198 g
• Serie: Understanding Contemporary Ame; Understanding Contemporary American Literature
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura / linguistica inglese