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John Updike

Prof. John Updike, American novelist, poet, short story writer, art critic, and literary critic

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American novelist, poet (1932–2009)

Born 18 March 1932
Died 27 January 2009

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Photo of John Updike

American novelist, poet (1932–2009)

Born 18 March 1932
Died 27 January 2009

Subjects

Fiction American fiction (fictional works by one author) Harry Angstrom (Fictitious character) Middle class men Social life and customs Literature American Short stories Poetry American poetry American literature Families Fiction, short stories (single author) History and criticism Adultery American fiction Autobiographical memory History Man-woman relationships Married people Older women Women painters Fiction, general Manners and customs Short stories Terrorism

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United States Massachusetts New England Vermont Denmark New Jersey New York Rhode Island England Alabama India Owl Creek Bridge Pennsylvania Brazil Calcutta Jefferson Mallard residence Mississippi Salem Village Surrey Wall Street Yoknapatawpha County Africa Connecticut Ipswich (Mass.)

People

John Updike John Updike (1932-2009) Devil John H. Watson Peyton Farquhar Sherlock Holmes Bartleby Brently Mallard Cicero Colonel Sartoris Emily Grierson Ethelred Faith Brown Ginger Nut Goodman Brown Goody Cloyse Grimesby Roylott Helen Stoner Homer Barron James Buchanan (1791-1868) John Jacob Astor Josephine Louise Mallard Madeline Usher Mr. Grierson

Time

20th century 19th century 1600s 1861-65 Antebellum era 1241-1397 1861-1865 American Civil War 1692 1974-1977 Civil War, 1861-1865 Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 1890 1940s-1960s 1950's 20e siècle 21st century Civil War December Early Twenty-first Century Geschichte 1940-1990 Geschichte 2000 Xian dai carnival the mid 1980s

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  • UPDIKE,J
  • J Updike
  • dust jacket design by author John Updike
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  • John. Updike
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