UPDIKE'S NEW VERSIONS OF MYTH IN AMERICA
Criticism of John Updike's fiction has often focused on his paradoxical denial of myth in modernity while affirming the persistent human need for myth. An examination of Updike's mythic and realistic elements as a continuum, rather than as opposites, is presented.
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Veröffentlicht in: | Modern fiction studies 1991-04, Vol.37 (1), p.25-33 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Criticism of John Updike's fiction has often focused on his paradoxical denial of myth in modernity while affirming the persistent human need for myth. An examination of Updike's mythic and realistic elements as a continuum, rather than as opposites, is presented. |
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ISSN: | 0026-7724 1080-658X 1080-658X |
DOI: | 10.1353/mfs.0.0826 |