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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 : Peter Lang, c2005.
ISBN: 082048086X   DDC: 813.54   LCC: PS3571   Edition: (electronic bk.)

Notes:

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

Updike's comic morality -- The dichotomy between the comic paragon
and the meticulous man in the centaur -- The average person's
incipient recognition of his place in the generations in Rabbit, run
-- The comic hero's renewal in Rabbit redux -- The comic hero accepts
his mortality in Rabbit at rest.

Electronic reproduction.Boulder, Colo.: NetLibrary,2005.Available via
World Wide Web.

Classification:

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Dewey Class: 813.54 -- Fiction
LCC Number: PS3571

Book Details:

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

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•  University of Hong Kong (last modified on 06/30/2009)
•  Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (last modified on 06/20/2009)

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