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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Campbell, Josie P. John Irving. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1998 (OCoLC)607164792 |
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| Named Person: | John Irving; John Irving |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Josie P Campbell |
| ISBN: | 0313302227 9780313302220 |
| OCLC Number: | 38199666 |
| Description: | xi, 202 p. : port. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | ch. 1. Life of John Irving -- ch. 2. John Irving's novels: an overview -- ch. 3. Setting free the bears (1968) -- ch. 4. Water-method man (1972) -- ch. 5. 158-pound marriage (1973) -- ch. 6. World according to Garp (1976) -- ch. 7. Hotel New Hampshire (181) -- ch. 8. Cider house rules (1985) -- ch. 9. Prayer for Owen Meany (1989) -- ch. 10. Son of the circus (1994) -- ch. 11. Widow for one year (1998). |
| Series Title: | Critical companions to popular contemporary writers. |
| Responsibility: | Josie P. Campbell. |
Abstract:
This study analyses all of John Irving's novels from "Setting Free The Bears" to his most recent novel "A Widow For One Year". Irving tackles issues such as war racism, sexism, abortion, violence and AIDS. Also included is a complete bibliography of Irving's fiction.
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