updike, john

Presents twelve scholarly essays on twentieth-century American author John Updike's "Rabbit" tetralogy, which follows central character Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom through four decades of American political and social history, up through the Reagan years.

A collection of thirty-five interviews presents a portrait of John Updike. The collection includes interviews given to scholars, talk-show hosts, newspaper reporters, a religious journal, and others.

Analyzes Updike's narrative art and evaluates his social-cultural significance.

Surveys the short fiction of American author John Updike, offering a chronological examination of his work, and includes a selection of Updike's commentary on his career as a writer and on the art of fiction, as well as a sampling of Updike criticism.

Presents as assessment of John Updike's works.