Jack De Bellis

John Updike's Early Years (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

John Updike's Early Years first examines his family, then places him in the context of the Depression and World War II. Relying upon interviews with former classmates, the next chapters examine Updike's early life and leisure activities, his athletic ability, social leadership, intellectual prowess, comical pranks, and his experience with girls. Two chapters explore Updike's cartooning and drawing, and the last chapter explains how he modeled his characters on his schoolmates. Lists of Updike's works treating Pennsylvania, and a compilation of contributions to his school paper are included, along with profiles of all students, faculty and administrators during his years at Shillington High School.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 188
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Januar 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781611461312
• Artikelnr.: 37937572

Autorenporträt

By Jack De Bellis

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments Author's Notes on Citations and Abbreviations List of Short
Titles and Abbreviations Introduction Chapter 1: Updike's Early Years:
Background Chapter 2: Personal Chapter 3: Leisure Chapter 4: Athletics
Chapter 5: Clowning Chapter 6: Girls and Women Chapter 7: Chatterbox:
Cartooning and Drawing Chapter 8: Chatterbox: Poetry and Prose Chapter 9:
Inspirations and Models Appendix A: Updike Chronology Appendix B: Updike's
Published Writings Set in Pennsylvania Appendix C: Updike's Contributions
to The Little Shilling and Chatterbox Appendix D: Updike's Shillington
Classmates, Faculty, and Administrators Bibliography Index About the Author