Updike & Politics presents the first collection of essays devoted to the political aspects of Updike's work and showcases a variety of international perspectives. Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Credits -- Updike and Politics -- Part I: The...
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Updike & Politics presents the first collection of essays devoted to the political aspects of Updike's work and showcases a variety of international perspectives. Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Credits -- Updike and Politics -- Part I: The Presidency -- 1 Updike and the American Presidency -- 2 "We're None of Us Perfect" -- 3 Presidential Politics as Sexual Politics -- 4 John Updike's Poetics of Hope -- 5 Updike on Demagoguery -- Part II: The American Scene -- 6 "Love It or Leave It" -- 7 "Mail" Chauvinism -- 8 The Failure of Moderation in Buchanan Dying and Memories of the Ford Administration -- 9 Inside Reagan's "Placid, Uncluttered Head" -- 10 The Politics of Vulnerability in The Afterlife and Other Stories -- 11 John Updike's Terrorist and the Politics of Hygiene -- Part III: Updike Abroad -- 12 Updike's Middle East -- 13 Updike "Third-Worlds It" -- 14 The Three Mile Island Accident and "the Man from Toyota" -- 15 John Updike and the World -- Index -- Contributors.
