Updike's Bech: a book, and the heaven of fiction

Authors

  • Ana María Manzanas Calvo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14198/raei.1993.6.10

Keywords:

Literatura norteamericana, Novela, Updike, John, Bech, Personajes literarios

Abstract

This paper examines Bech's trajectory as a fictional character and as an artificer of words. Bech, the word master, is "reduced" throughout the novel in the several oeuvres which try to capture his essence until finally he enters the "heaven of fiction," the ultimate reduction which fixes him as an immortal, immutable character. Bech, however, longs for the mortality of life outside the pantheon, for the unlimited possibilities of reality.

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Published

30-11-1993

How to Cite

Manzanas Calvo, Ana María. 1993. “Updike’s Bech: A Book, and the Heaven of Fiction”. Alicante Journal of English Studies / Revista Alicantina De Estudios Ingleses, no. 6 (November):109-14. https://doi.org/10.14198/raei.1993.6.10.

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