Realism and Romance in John Updike's Marry Me
One of the pitfalls on the road of any commentator on any author is that of seizing upon a single aspect of his work and developing this aspect to the exclusion of others equally important. What is said may then be true enough, yet the total picture becomes a distorted one. The danger of a selective...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage Publ.
2007
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Theology today
Year: 2007, Volume: 64, Issue: 2, Pages: 221-232 |
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| Summary: | One of the pitfalls on the road of any commentator on any author is that of seizing upon a single aspect of his work and developing this aspect to the exclusion of others equally important. What is said may then be true enough, yet the total picture becomes a distorted one. The danger of a selective reading pulling the whole critical super-structure awry is peculiarly evident in connection with John Updike. He is a comic writer, a fabulist, a poet, a moralist, an observer of social mores, a religious believer, a student of history, an “earnest meditator” on the ego, a critic of other authors—and sometimes all of these things at once. Those who would bake a critical cake must not only include all the ingredients he has supplied but also mix them in the right proportions. If they fail, the cake will turn out flat. |
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| ISSN: | 2044-2556 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Theology today
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/004057360706400207 |