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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:
One of America's most noted contemporary novelists, John Irving has created a body of fiction of extraordinary range, moving with ease from romance to fairytale to thriller. Although his fiction follows in the tradition of the great 19th-century world novelists, he is a quintessential American writer - his novels are laced with broad humor, farce, and absurd situations. He does not hesitate to tackle the troubling issues that have faced our nation in the past few decades, such as war, racism, sexism, abortion, violence, and AIDS. This study offers a clear, accessible reading of Irving's fiction.
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