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From: Studies in Short Fiction[(essay date spring 1997) In the following essay, Saldívar traces the influence of Updike's personal interest in art history on the short story "A & P."] John Updike's best known, most anthologized and most frequently...Found in Gale Literature Resource Center
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From: Studies in Short Fiction[(essay date spring 1997) In the following essay, Saldívar explicates Updike's allusions to classical art in "A & P."] John Updike's best known, most anthologized and most frequently taught short story, "A & P," first...Found in Gale Literature Resource Center
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From: Studies in Short Fiction[(essay date spring 1993) In the following essay, Wells explores mythic and chivalric parallels between Updike's "A & P" and James Joyce's short story "Araby."] John Updike's penchant for appropriating great works of...Found in Gale Literature Resource Center
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From: Studies in Short Fiction[Dessner is Professor of English at the University of Toledo. He specializes in Victorian literature and creative writing. In the following essay, Dessner presents insight into the character of Sammy, whom the critic...Found in Gale Literature Resource Center
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From: Studies in Short Fiction[In the following essay, Wells demonstrates how narrative and thematic details of “A & P” closely resemble those of Joyce's “Araby.”] John Updike's penchant for appropriating great works of literature and giving them...Found in Gale Literature Resource Center
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From: English Journal[In the following essay, Porter argues that “A & P” depicts a nonconformist philosophy akin to that articulated by Emerson in “Self Reliance.”] Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist. For nonconformity the...Found in Gale Literature Resource Center
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From: Journal of the Short Story in English[(essay date autumn 2004) In the following essay, Bentley argues that the events depicted in "A & P" represent an erotic rite of passage for the protagonist, Sammy.] First published in The New Yorker (July 22: 22-24)...Found in Gale Literature Resource Center
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From: Explicator[(essay date summer 2003) In the following essay, Blodgett questions the impulse of critics to make the character of Sammy in "A & P" a serious figure.] Explications and interpretations of John Updike's often...Found in Gale Literature Resource Center
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From: New York Times Book Review[(review date 28 November 2004) In the following review, Egan derides Seconds of Pleasure, faulting the book for lackluster prose and stories that fail to explore the inner lives of the characters.] Early on in Seconds...Found in Gale Literature Resource Center
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From:Poets & Writers Magazine (Vol. 40, Issue 3)Readers, reviewers, and writers occasionally level the charge of solipsism against younger, less experienced writers. It is a word I heard for the first time in graduate school seven or eight years ago, and once I did,...Found in Gale Literature Resource Center
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From:Studies in Short Fiction (Vol. 34, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedAn analysis of author John Updike's short story "A & P" is presented. The story's vivid physical portrayal of three girls is compared to painter Sandro Botticelli's "Birth of Venus." John Updike's best known, most...Found in Gale Literature Resource Center
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From: Explicator[(essay date summer 2001) In the following essay, Thompson examines the protagonist's fixation with the young girls in "A & P."] John Updike's most anthologized short story, "A & P," chronicles the protagonist's...Found in Gale Literature Resource Center
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From:Studies in Short Fiction (Vol. 30, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedAn index of short story anthologies is listed by name of anthology, author and title. Part One presents tables of contents of each work, listed alphabetically by the editors' last names. Part Two presents authors and...Found in Gale Literature Resource Center
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From:Journal of Modern Literature (Vol. 24, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedPart of the resonance of John Updike's Rabbit saga comes from the cast of characters that continues to reappear in the novels, either directly or through flashback. By braiding and re-braiding major and secondary...Found in Gale Literature Resource Center
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From: Studies in Short Fiction[In the following essay, McFarland surveys critical interpretations of “A & P” and considers why the piece “has emerged as Updike's best known story.”] During the twenty years since its appearance in Pigeon Feathers...Found in Gale Literature Resource Center
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From: A Class of Its Own: Re-Envisioning American Labor Fiction[(essay date 2008) In the following essay, Sterling suggests that critics have disregarded the socioeconomic implications in “A & P” and offers a detailed discussion of references to the protagonist’s working-class...Found in Gale Literature Resource Center
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From: Journal of Modern Literature[(essay date winter 2000-2001) In the following essay, Anderson ponders Updike's possible motives for inserting the character of Jack Eccles into the 1996 re-release of Rabbit Redux.] Part of the resonance of John...Found in Gale Literature Resource Center