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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

De Bellis, Jack.

Contributor:

Silcox, David P.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Authors, American--Biography.

Updike, John--Friends and associates.

Updike, John--Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (200 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bethlehem, PA : Lehigh University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-61146-573-7

1-61146-131-6

1-283-94330-1

OCLC:

824350994