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Harter, Carol C, and James R. Thompson. "The Man and the Writer: 'Novelist as Cultural Hero.'" In John Irving, pp. 1-19. New York: Twayne Publishers, 1986.

Examines Irving's artistic development, narrative concerns, and public perception.

Miller, Gabriel. "Life and Art." In John Irving, pp. 1-24. New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing, 1982.

Provides an overview of Irving's artistic development, narrative concerns, and critical reception.

Page, Philip. "Hero Worship and Hermeneutic Dialectics: John Irving's A Prayer for Owen Meany." Mosaic 28, No. 3 (September 1995): 137-56.

Examines hermeneutical tensions in A Prayer for Owen Meany as a source of multiple interpretations of metaphors, events, characters, and gender relations in the novel.

Rockwood, Bruce L. "Abortion Stories: Uncivil...

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1. Introduction
2. Principal Works
3. Criticism
   1. Jack Beatty (review date 23 September 1981)
   2. Caryn Fuoroli (review date January 1982)
   3. Evan Carton (essay date Fall 1986)
   4. Janice Doane and Devon Hodges (essay date 1986)
   5. Wendy Steiner (review date 19 May 1989)
   6. Robert Towers (review date 20 July 1989)
   7. Edward C. Reilly (essay date 1991)
   8. Kim McKay (essay date Winter 1992)
   9. Raymond J. Wilson III (essay date Fall 1992)
   10. Irving Weinman (review date 9 April 1993)
   11. Robert Towers (review date 4 September 1994)
   12. Sven Birkerts (review date 4 February 1996)
   13. Andrew Rosenheim (review date 4 February 1996)
4. Further Reading
5. Copyright