CRITICISM

Allen, Brooke. “Updike Redux.” New Leader (1–15 December 1997): 13–4.

Positive review of Toward the End of Time.

Boswell, Marshall. “The Black Jesus: Racism and Redemption in John Updike's Rabbit Redux.” Contemporary Literature XXXIX, No. 1 (Spring 1998): 99–132.

Examines Updike's complex presentation of racism, original sin, and white guilt in Rabbit Redux.

Bottum, J. “Social Gospel.” Commentary 101, No. 4 (April 1996): 64–6.

Unfavorable review of In the Beauty of the Lilies.

Cooper, Rand Richards. “Bungle in the Jungle.” Commonweal (8 April 1994): 18–20.

Unfavorable review of Brazil.

Corwin, Phillip. “Oh, What the Hex.” Commonweal (1 June 1984): 340–01.

Tempered review of The Witches of Eastwick.

Danto, Arthur C. “What MOMA Done Tole Him.” New York Times Book Review (15 October 1989): 12.

Review of Just Looking: Essays on Art.

Davis, Hope Hale. “Distaff Doormat.” New Leader (18 April 1988): 20–1.

Unfavorable review of S.

Denby, David. “A Life of Sundays.” New Republic (22 May 1989): 29–33.

Provides an overview of Updike's work and tempered review of Self-Consciousness.

Dyer, Geoff. “No Problem.” New Statesman & Society (17 January 1992): 45–6.

Tempered review of Odd Jobs.

Gray, Paul. “A Burden of Answered Prayers.” Time (13 March 1989): 77.

Positive review of Self-Consciousness.

———. “Doglegs of Decrepitude.” Time (14 November 1994): 98.

Favorable review of The Afterlife and Other Stories.

———. “Gerald Ford Redux.” Time (9 November 1992): 80–1.

Tempered review of Memories of the Ford Administration.

———. “Karma in the Sunbelt.” Time (29 February 1988): 98.

Positive review of S.

———. “We Lost It at the Movies.” Time (29 January 1996): 78.

Tempered review of In the Beauty of the Lilies.

Inglis, Fred. “On Being a Dud.” Nation (10 July 1989): 59–61.

Negative review of Self-Consciousness.

Johnson, Charles. “The Virgin President.” New York Times Book Review (1 November 1992): 11.

Review of Memories of the Ford Administration.

Keenan, John. “Rio Romance.” New Statesman & Society (8 April 1994): 41.

Positive review of Brazil.

Pritchard, William. “In Clover.” New Republic (30 September 1981): 30–2.

Tempered review of Rabbit is Rich.

Ra'ad, Basem L. “Updike's New Versions of Myth in America.” Modern Fiction Studies 37, No. 1 (Spring 1991): 25–33.

Examines Updike's attitudes concerning myth, American culture, and the loss of connection with the past in his fiction.

Robinson, Sally. “‘Unyoung, Unpoor, Unblack’: John Updike and the Construction of Middle American Masculinity.” Modern Fiction Studies 44, No. 2 (Summer 1998): 331–63.

Examines the evolution of post-war American white, middle-class, masculine identity as portrayed in Updike's Rabbit novels.

Schiff, James A. “Updike Ignored: The Contemporary Independent Critic.” American Literature 67, No. 3 (September 1995): 531–52.

Examines the significance and critical reception of Updike's critical writings, book reviews, and essays.

Sheppard, R. Z. “Punch Lines.” Time (4 May 1987): 103.

Positive review of Trust Me.

———. “Warning: The Rabbit Is Loose.” Time (14 February 1994): 73.

Tempered review of Brazil.

Wills, Garry. “Long-Distance Runner.” New York Review of Books (25 October 1990): 11–14.

Summary of Updike's Rabbit tetralogy and unfavorable assessment of Rabbit Is Rich.

Wood, James. “Under the Aspect of Serenity.” New Republic (27 May 1996): 29–33.

Unfavorable review of In the Beauty of the Lilies.

Wright, Derek. “Mapless Motion: Form and Space in Updike's Rabbit, Run.” Modern Fiction Studies 37, No. 1 (Spring 1991): 35–44.

Examines elements of entropy and Harry Angstrom's metaphorical flight into open space in Rabbit, Run.

Additional coverage of Updike's life and career is contained in the following sources published by the Gale Group: Concise Dictionary of American Literary Biography, 1968–1988; Contemporary Authors, Vols. 1–4R; Contemporary Authors Bibliographical Series, Vol. 1; Contemporary Authors New Revision Series, Vols. 4, 33, 51; Contemporary Novelists; Contemporary Poets; Contemporary Popular Writers, Vol. 1; Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vols. 2, 5, 143, 227; Dictionary of Literary Biography Documentary Series, Vol. 3; Dictionary of Literary Biography Yearbook, Vols. 80, 82, 97; DISCovering Authors 3.0; DISCovering Authors; DISCovering Authors: British; DISCovering Authors: Canadian; DISCovering Authors Modules: Most-Studied, Novelists, Poets, Popular Fiction and Genre Authors; Major 20th-Century Writers, Vols. 1, 2; Short Stories for Students, Vol. 3; Short Story Criticism, Vols. 13, 27; and World Literature Criticism.