Pastoral and Anti-Pastoral Patterns in John Updike's Fiction

Updike s importance in contemporary literature is stressed by this and the following work. Here Mr. Taylor relates Updike to dominant in American literature since colonial daysthe idealization of rustic life and rejection of itboth of which themes show in Updike s work, according to Taylor. In relating Updike s fiction to pastoral and anti-pastoral patterns Taylor makes a valuable contribution to literary history as well as to critical understanding of an outstanding contemporary writer

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