John Updike's early years / / Jack De Bellis with David Silcox

• Autore: De Bellis Jack
• Pubblicazione: Bethlehem, PA, : Lehigh University Press, 2013
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (200 p.)
• Disciplina: 813/.54; B
• Soggetto topico: Authors, American
• Altri autori: SilcoxDavid P
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: John Updike's early years
• ISBN: 1-61146-131-6; 1-283-94330-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910811574203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II