Becoming John Updike: Critical Reception, 1958-2010

by Laurence W. Mazzeno

Book Overview

A study of the journalistic and academic reception of the writings of one of the great American writers of the late twentieth century.

When John Updike died in 2009, tributes from the literary establishment were immediate and fulsome. However, no one reading reviews of Updike's work in the late 1960s would have predicted that kind of praise for a man who was known then as a brilliant stylist who had nothing to say. What changed? Why? And...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1571139370
• ISBN13: 9781571139375
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: Camden House (NY)
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"