John Updike's Early Years
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers; Lehigh University Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 188
ISBN-13: 9781611461305
Description: "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."--books.google.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgments; title: Author’s Notes on Citations and Abbreviations; title: List of Short Titles and Abbreviations; title: Introduction; title: Chapter 1: Updike’s Early Years: Background; title: Chapter 2: Personal; title: Chapter 3: Leisure; title: Chapter 4: Athletics; title: Chapter 5: Clowning; title: Chapter 6: Girls and Women; title: Chapter 7: Chatterbox: Cartooning and Drawing; title: Chapter 8: Chatterbox: Poetry and Prose; title: Chapter 9: Inspirations and Models; title: Appendix A: Updike Chronology; title: Appendix B:Updike’s Published Writings Set in Pennsylvania; title: Appendix C: Updike’s Contributions to The Little Shilling and Chatterbox; title: Appendix D: Updike’s Shillington Classmates, Faculty, and Administrators; title: Bibliography; title: Index; title: About the Author