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050 00 $aPS3571.P4$bZ744 2005
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100 1 $aKeener, Brian.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2004042970
245 10 $aJohn Updike's human comedy :$bcomic morality in the centaur and the rabbit novels /$cBrian Keener.
260 $aNew York :$bPeter Lang,$c[2005], ©2005.
300 $ax, 148 pages ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aModern American literature : new approaches ;$vv. 43
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [139]-144) and index.
505 00 $tIntroduction : Updike's comic world : "the comical is always the mark of maturity" -- $gCh. 1.$tThe comic paragon and the meticulous man in The Centaur : "the mortals have the joy of struggle, the satisfaction of compassion, the triumph of courage; but the gods are perfect" -- $gCh. 2.$tThe comic hero's place in the generations in Rabbit, Run : "today either everyone is a hero or no one is. I vote for everyone" -- $gCh. 3.$tThe comic hero's renewal in Rabbit Redux : "being crazy's what keeps us alive" -- $gCh. 4.$tThe role of comedy in dispelling illusion in Rabbit Is Rich : "whatever reality is, it's not that" -- $gCh. 5.$tThe comic hero accepts his mortality in Rabbit at Rest : "there comes a time" -- $gCh. 6.$tNelson Redux in "Rabbit Remembered" : "the function of comedy is to sustain hope" -- $tConclusion : what Updike's comedy has to say : "only goodness lives. But it does live"
520 1 $a"The comedy in John Updike's most important works - The Centaur; Rabbit, Run; Rabbit Redux; Rabbit Is Rich; Rabbit at Rest; and "Rabbit Remembered" - defines a comic world and its morality. Although critics have failed to recognize the extent and the importance of Updike's comedy, his serious fiction does contain a good deal of farce, burlesque, and irony that, far from being peripheral or mere comic relief, depicts the absurd and contradictory nature of life. Within such a world, set in the everyday Pennsylvania of the second half of the twentieth century, human beings mature, or gain Kierkegaard's ethical sphere, by fulfilling their societal and generational responsibilities. George Caldwell of The Centaur is Updike's paragon, while Rabbit Angstrom embodies the comic hero who, through trial and error, finally matures. Overall, through an analysis of Updike's comedy, this book reveals a dimension of his fiction that is essential to understanding his work."--BOOK JACKET.
600 10 $aUpdike, John$vHumor.
600 10 $aUpdike, John$xCharacters$xHarry Angstrom.
600 10 $aUpdike, John.$tCentaur.
600 10 $aUpdike, John$xEthics.
650 0 $aHumorous stories, American$xHistory and criticism.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008105926
650 0 $aAngstrom, Harry (Fictitious character)$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh92000587
650 0 $aMiddle class men in literature.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94006622
650 0 $aComic, The, in literature.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh97005892
650 0 $aMythology in literature.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85089438
650 0 $aEthics in literature.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94004075
830 0 $aModern American literature (New York, N.Y.) ;$vv. 43.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n94124235
852 00 $boff,glx$hPS3571.P4$iZ744 2005