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John Updike's human comedy
John Updike's human comedy: comic morality in The Centaur and the Rabbit novels
Brian Keener
Publisher: New York : P. Lang, c2005.
ISBN: 0820470902   LCC: PS3571   Edition: (alk. paper)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [139]-144) and index.

The comic paragon and the meticulous man in The Centaur -- The comic
hero's place in the generations in Rabbit, Run -- The comic hero's
renewal in the Rabbit Rudux -- The role of comedy in dispelling
illusion in Rabbin is Rich -- The comic hero accepts his mortality in
Rabbit at Rest -- Nelson Redux in "Rabbit Remembered".

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LCC Number: PS3571

Book Details:

Language: eng
Physical Description: x, 148 p. ; 24 cm.
Edition Info: (alk. paper)

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•  University of Saskatchewan (last modified on 03/01/2008)
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