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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453066903321

Autore

De Bellis Jack

Titolo

John Updike's early years [[electronic resource] /] / Jack De Bellis with David Silcox

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bethlehem, PA, : Lehigh University Press, 2013

ISBN

1-61146-131-6

1-283-94330-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (200 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SilcoxDavid P

Disciplina

813/.54

B

Soggetti

Authors, American

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Author's Notes; List of Short Titles and Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter One: Updike's Early Years: Background; Chapter Two: Personal; Chapter Three: Leisure; Chapter Four: Athletics; Chapter Five: Clowning; Chapter Six: Girls and Women; Chapter Seven: Chatterbox: Cartooning and Drawing; Chapter Eight: Chatterbox: Poetry and Prose; Chapter Nine: Inspirations and Models; Appendix A: Updike Chronology; Appendix B: Updike's Published Writings Set in Pennsylvania; Appendix C: John Updike's Contributions to The Little Shilling and Chatterbox

Appendix D: Updike's Classmates, Faculty, and AdministratorsWorks Cited; Index

Sommario/riassunto

John Updike's Early Years reveals for the first time the young Updike's developing personality and precocious creativity. Relying upon interviews with classmates and friends, and offering extensive connections to his mature work, De Bellis shows how his school years incubated his mature work. A checklist of his high school writing is included, along with profiles of his high school companions, and a list of his published work set in Pennsylvania.