The Critical Response to John Irving [Hardcover]

Todd F. Davis (Author), Kenneth Womack (Author)

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Hardcover: 218 pages
Publisher: Praeger Publishers (August 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0313319960
ISBN-13: 978-0313319969
Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.7 x 2 cm
Shipping Weight: 499 g
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,576,230 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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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.

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First Sentence
John Irving enjoys a rare and prominent place among contemporary American writers for having published a string of bestsellers and receiving glowing accolades from critics in the popular and academic press alike. Read the first page

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