{"product_id":"updike-and-politics-9781498575607","title":"Updike and Politics","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUpdike \u0026amp; Politics presents the first collection of essays devoted to the political aspects of Updikeâs work and showcases a variety of international perspectives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis collection of essays adds depth to our understanding of Updike as a political writer.  The book is especially valuable to scholars of late-twentieth and early twenty-first century literature for its investigations of intersections between the personal and the political.  It exposes Updike's nuanced perspectives on institutions such as the American presidency, and it provides thought-provoking explorations of politically charged and transformative American experiences including the War in Vietnam, the Cold War, and the attacks of September 11, 2001. -- Liliana M. Naydan, Penn State Abington\u003cbr\u003eThis collection provides a timely and much-needed perspective on Updike and political life.  The editors have selected impressive essays from established Updike critics, international scholars, and some newer voices to display a rich range of interpretations.  The essays are elegantly framed by the introduction, and they collectively advance an urgent critical conversation.  Updike and Politics: New Considerations is an important contribution: it sharpens our understanding of an essential American writer through a crucial context. -- Quentin Miller, Suffolk University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1: Updike and the American Presidency  Chapter 2: “We’re None of Us Perfect”: Watergate and Adultery in John Updike’s A Month of Sundays and Memories of the Ford Administration  Chapter 3: Presidential Politics as Sexual Politics: Memories of the Ford Administration  Chapter 4: Updike, Obama and the Poetics of Hope  Chapter 5: Updike on Demagoguery  Chapter 6: ‘Love it or leave it’: America in red, gray and blue in Rabbit Redux  Chapter 7: ‘Mail’ Chauvinism: John Updike’s Postal Fetish and the Unrealizable Vision of \tAmerican Democracy  Chapter 8: The Failure of Moderation in Buchanan Dying and Memories of the Ford Administration  Chapter 9: Inside Reagan’s ‘Placid, Uncluttered Head’: Roger’s Version and the Rise of Neoliberalism  Chapter 10: The Politics of Vulnerability in The Afterlife and Other Stories  Chapter 11: John Updike’s Terrorist and the Politics of Hygiene Chapter 12: Updike’s Middle East: A Neoliberal Approach to Conflict Resolution  Chapter 13: Updike “Third-Worlds It”: Staging The Coup as Political Satire  Chapter 14: The Three Mile Island Accident and the Man from Toyota: American Cold War Cultural Politics,Ressentiment, and the Uncanny Double in Rabbit Is Rich and Rabbit at Rest  Chapter 15: John Updike and the World: The Politics of Identity in Brazil","brand":"Lexington Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040820298071,"sku":"9781498575607","price":81.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781498575607.jpg?v=1750947954","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/updike-and-politics-9781498575607","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}