John Updike's human comedy : comic morality in the centaur and the rabbit novels /
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作 者：Brian Keener.
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ISBN：9780820470900
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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 Centauris 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.
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Acknowledgments ix
Introduction: Updike's Comic World: ``The comical is always the mark of maturity'' 1(9)
The 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'' 10(35)
The Comic Hero's Place in the Generations in Rabbit, Run: ``Today either everyone is a hero or no one is. I vote for everyone'' 45(19)
The Comic Hero's Renewal in Rabbit Redux: ``Being crazy's what keeps us alive'' 64(23)
The Role of Comedy in Dispelling Illusion in Rabbit Is Rich: ``Whatever reality is, it's not that'' 87(19)
The Comic Hero Accepts His Mortality in Rabbit at Rest: ``There comes a time'' 106(25)
Nelson Redux in ``Rabbit Remembered'': ``The function of comedy is to sustain hope'' 131(6)
Conclusion What Updike's Comedy Has to Say: ``Only goodness lives. But it does live'' 137(2)
Bibliography 139(6)
Index 145
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction: Updike's Comic World: ``The comical is always the mark of maturity'' 1(9)
The 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'' 10(35)
The Comic Hero's Place in the Generations in Rabbit, Run: ``Today either everyone is a hero or no one is. I vote for everyone'' 45(19)
The Comic Hero's Renewal in Rabbit Redux: ``Being crazy's what keeps us alive'' 64(23)
The Role of Comedy in Dispelling Illusion in Rabbit Is Rich: ``Whatever reality is, it's not that'' 87(19)
The Comic Hero Accepts His Mortality in Rabbit at Rest: ``There comes a time'' 106(25)
Nelson Redux in ``Rabbit Remembered'': ``The function of comedy is to sustain hope'' 131(6)
Conclusion What Updike's Comedy Has to Say: ``Only goodness lives. But it does live'' 137(2)
Bibliography 139(6)
Index 145
John Updike's human comedy : comic morality in the centaur and the rabbit novels /
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