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   Oct 17, 2020 · Item Size. 1.2G. xiii, 558 pages : 24 cm. "Updike is Adam Begley's masterful, much-anticipated biography of one of the most celebrated figures in American literature: Pulitzer Prize-winning author John Updike--a candid, intimate, and richly detailed look at his life and work.In this magisterial biography, Adam Begley offers an illuminating ...

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   John Hoyer Updike (March 18, 1932 – January 27, 2009) was an American novelist, poet, short-story writer, art critic, and literary critic.One of only four writers to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than once (the others being Booth Tarkington, William Faulkner, and Colson Whitehead), Updike published more than twenty novels, more than a dozen short-story collections, as well as ...

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   Mar 21, 2022 · John Updike (b. 1932–d. 2009) was an immensely versatile and prolific writer who produced more than sixty volumes, including novels, short stories, literary and art criticism, poems, children’s books, a memoir, and a play. A distinguished “man of letters,” Updike excelled at not simply one genre but three: the novel, short fiction, and ...

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   Dec 29, 2019 · Fast Facts: John Updike. Full Name: John Hoyer Updike. Known For: Pulitzer Prize winning American writer whose fiction explored the tensions of the American middle class, sexuality, and religion. Born: March 18, 1932 in Reading, Pennsylvania. Parents: Wesley Russell Updike, Linda Updike (née Hoyer) Died: January 27, 2009 in Danvers, Massachusetts.

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   May 10, 2014 · John Updike was the greatest writer in English of the last century. Unquestionably, he was the best short story writer; I would argue the best novelist, certainly of the postwar years; one of the ...

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   John Updike Biography. ... Updike won a full scholarship in 1950 to Harvard, ... Premium PDF. Download the entire John Updike study guide as a printable PDF! Download

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   How many books did John Updike write?

   • John Updike (b. 1932–d. 2009) was an immensely versatile and prolific writer who produced more than sixty volumes, including novels, short stories, literary and art criticism, poems, children’s books, a memoir, and a play. A distinguished “man of letters,” Updike excelled at not simply one genre but three: the novel, short fiction, and criticism.

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   Who was John Updike?

   • John Updike was an American novelist, essayist, and short story writer who brought the American middle class to the spotlight.

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   Who is John Hoyer Updike?

   • from the BBC program Front Row, October 31, 2008. John Hoyer Updike (March 18, 1932 – January 27, 2009) was an American novelist, poet, short-story writer, art critic, and literary critic.

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   Is Updike's work based on true events?

   • According to Begley, a significant amount of Updike's fiction is autobiographical. This biographical information often serves as exegesis, revealing how real events from the writer's life influenced his novels and short stories. Some of this connection is immediately apparent to those familiar with his work.

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   Is Updike a good book?

   • As well as being an intricate portrayal of the man, Updike is also a sustained, very fine work of literary criticism. It is particularly good on Updike’s artistic amorality. By “amorality,” I don’t mean that there are no moral principles underlying his work but that there is—as regards the behaviour of his main characters— an absence of blame.

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   What makes Updike a great writer?

   • Updike is a master of effortless motion—between third and first person, from the metaphorical density of literary prose to the demotic, from specific detail to wide generalisation, from the actual to the numinous, from the scary to the comic.

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8. www.loa.org › writers › 157-john-updikeJohn Updike - Library of America

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   Jun 7, 2019 · Books. John Updike: Fifteen Novels (five volumes) Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu: John Updike on Ted Williams. John Updike: Novels 1959-1965 LOA N°311. John Updike: Novels 1996-2000 LOA N°365. View all. Library of America. CURATOR. A champion of America’s great writers and timeless works, Library of America guides readers in finding and exploring ...