John Updike - Modern Novelists Author:Judie Newman A beginner's guide to Updike's novels, this textbook emphasizes the fiction in terms of its responsiveness to historical and social developments, paying particular attention to his treatment of sexuality and the interaction between narrative poetics and social content. Updike's relationship to the formal development of the modern novel is highli... more »ghted. Dr Newman has also written "Saul Bellow and History".« less