| Description |
1 online resource (159 pages) : portrait |
| Series |
Gale virtual reference library |
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Twayne's United States authors series ; TUSAS 502 |
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Gale virtual reference library.
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Twayne's United States authors series ; TUSAS 502
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| Contents |
The Man and the Writer: "Novelist as Cultural Hero" -- Setting Free the Bears: From "Pre-History" to Fiction -- The Water-Method Man: From Autobiography to Art -- The 158-Pound Marriage: "A Tale by a Villain"? -- The World According to Garp: Life as a Doomed Effort at Reclassification -- The Hotel New Hampshire: "So We Dream On" -- The Cider House Rules: Novel as Polemic |
| Summary |
Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of John Irving |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 154-157) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Irving, John, 1942- -- Criticism and interpretation.
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| SUBJECT |
Irving, John, 1942- fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst00046133 |
| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Thompson, James R.
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| ISBN |
0805746811 |
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9780805746815 |
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