The Critical Response to John Irving
Praeger Publishers Inc
Published on 1. August 2004
Book
Hardback
236 pages
978-0-313-31996-9 (ISBN)
Description
The scholarly response to John Irving's novels has impinged upon a wide range of contemporary subjects of interest, from postmodernism and ethics to gender studies, the family, and historical criticism. This volume draws on a series of contemporaneous reviews and scholarly essays to provide the reader with an in-depth look at Irving's work.
This book devotes particular attention to the critical reception of Irving's ten novels from Setting Free the Bears through The Fourth Hand. The work is divided into eleven sections that address each of Irving's novels and the publication of his memoirs. Each section is accompanied by book reviews that reveal the nature of the novels' critical reception, as well as by scholarly essays that provide readers with an exemplary interpretation of each of Irving's works. Fully indexed, The Critical Response to John Irving includes an expansive introduction, a biographical chronology, and a bibliography for further reading.
This book devotes particular attention to the critical reception of Irving's ten novels from Setting Free the Bears through The Fourth Hand. The work is divided into eleven sections that address each of Irving's novels and the publication of his memoirs. Each section is accompanied by book reviews that reveal the nature of the novels' critical reception, as well as by scholarly essays that provide readers with an exemplary interpretation of each of Irving's works. Fully indexed, The Critical Response to John Irving includes an expansive introduction, a biographical chronology, and a bibliography for further reading.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
ISBN-13
978-0-313-31996-9 (9780313319969)
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Persons
TODD F. DAVIS is Assistant Professor of English at Penn State, Altoona.
KENNETH WOMACK is Associate Professor of English and Head of the Division of Arts and Humanities at Penn State, Altoona.
KENNETH WOMACK is Associate Professor of English and Head of the Division of Arts and Humanities at Penn State, Altoona.
Content
Series Foreword by Cameron Northouse Acknowledgments Chronology Introduction Setting Free the Bears The Water-Method Man The 158-Pound Marriage The World According to Garp The Hotel New Hampshire The Cider House Rules A Prayer for Owen Meany A Son of the Circus A Widow for One Year The Fourth Hand Memoirs Bibliography Index