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Rabbit (Un)Redeemed: The Drama of Belief in John UpdikeOs Fiction
Peter J. Bailey
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Rabbit (Un)Redeemed: The Drama of Belief in John Updikes Fiction offers a selective reading of this prolific authors oeuvre, concentrating on Updikes career-spanning reoccupation with issues of faith and doubt. In Baileys reading, at the heart of Updike's work is the tension between affirming the continuance of the 'heady wine of religious consolation' and the deepening anxiety that the best that humanity can hope for is 'the bleak fare of more endurance.' Focusing on a trio of Olinger stories, the Rabbit Angstrom tetralogy, In the beauty of the Lilies, and Rabbit Remembered, Bailey locates the dialectical situation at the center ... Read more
Rabbit (Un)Redeemed: The Drama of Belief in John Updikes Fiction offers a selective reading of this prolific authors oeuvre, concentrating on Updikes career-spanning reoccupation with issues of faith and doubt. In Baileys reading, at the heart of Updike's work is the tension between affirming the continuance of the 'heady wine of religious consolation' and the deepening anxiety that the best that humanity can hope for is 'the bleak fare of more endurance.' Focusing on a trio of Olinger stories, the Rabbit Angstrom tetralogy, In the beauty of the Lilies, and Rabbit Remembered, Bailey locates the dialectical situation at the center ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
295
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Number of Pages
295
Place of Publication
Cranbury, United States
ISBN
9781611472998
SKU
V9781611472998
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About Peter J. Bailey
Peter J. Bailey is Professor of English at St. Lawrence University.
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