Woodslane | Book - 9781611461831

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ISBN-13: 9781611461831
Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
Imprint: LEHIGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
By Jack De Bellis
Price: AUD $121.00
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Local release date: 14/12/2014
Format: Paperback 188 pages Weight: 0g
Categories: Biography & True Stories [B]

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Google Preview: 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.; Acknowledgments Author's Notes on Citations and Abbreviations List of Short Titles and Abbreviations Introduction Chapter 1: Updike's Early Years: Background Chapter 2: Personal Chapter 3: Leisure Chapter 4: Athletics Chapter 5: Clowning Chapter 6: Girls and Women Chapter 7: Chatterbox: Cartooning and Drawing Chapter 8: Chatterbox: Poetry and Prose Chapter 9: Inspirations and Models Appendix A: Updike Chronology Appendix B: Updike's Published Writings Set in Pennsylvania Appendix C: Updike's Contributions to The Little Shilling and Chatterbox Appendix D: Updike's Shillington Classmates, Faculty, and Administrators Bibliography Index About the Author; Google Preview content