Updike and the patriarchal dilemma : masculinity in the Rabbit novels /

O'Connell examines the role of socially constructed masculinity in Updike's Rabbit tetralogy - Rabbit Run, Rabbit Redux, Rabbit Is Rich, and Rabbit at Rest - convincingly arguing that the four novels comprise the longest and most comprehensive representation of masculinity in American lite...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: O'Connell, Mary, 1944-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, ©1996.
Subjects:
Updike, John > Characters > Harry Angstrom.
Updike, John > Characters > Men.
Updike, John > Personnages > Hommes.
Updike, John > Et la psychologie.
Updike, John.
Updike, John
Angstrom, Harry > (Fictitious character)
Masculinity in literature.
Angstrom, Harry (Fictitious character)
Patriarchy in literature.
Men in literature.
Patriarcat dans la littérature.
Masculinité dans la littérature.
Angstrom, Harry (Personnage fictif)
Hommes dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Masculinity in literature
Men in literature
Patriarchy in literature
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Abbreviations for Updike's works
  • Introduction
  • Rabbit, run: the mail from Tunis probably
  • Gender formation: but what's wrong with that man?
  • The power of naming: "Well that explains your oratorical gifts"
  • Rabbit redux
  • Life in furnace township
  • Revolution and chaos
  • Is rabbit rich?
  • Laius and Oedipus
  • Rabbit at rest: more mail from Tunis.

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