{"id":1934,"date":"2014-04-03T08:30:40","date_gmt":"2014-04-03T13:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/?p=1934"},"modified":"2014-04-03T08:30:40","modified_gmt":"2014-04-03T13:30:40","slug":"new-york-observer-writer-considers-the-case-for-updike-as-a-major-artist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/2014\/04\/03\/new-york-observer-writer-considers-the-case-for-updike-as-a-major-artist\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Observer writer considers the case for Updike as a major artist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Even before it falls into the hands of average readers on April 8, \u00a0Adam Begley&#8217;s biography, <em>Updike<\/em>, is doing what scholars and society members expected: reawakening the debate over Updike&#8217;s status as an American writer.<\/p>\n<p>There has always been a small segment who think he &#8220;writes like an angel but has nothing to say,&#8221; and reports of his demotion in the canon have been greatly exaggerated, given his continued presence in major anthologies. Michael H. Miller of the <em>New York Observer<\/em> weighs in, but only concludes &#8220;Updike, like George Caldwell in <em>The Centaur<\/em>, a character modeled after his own father, did the best he could with what was given to him\u2014a massive flawed talent. Here&#8217;s the whole article:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/observer.com\/2014\/04\/literary-genius-or-pervy-diletantte-adam-begleys-bio-makes-the-case-for-john-updike-as-a-major-artist\/\">&#8220;Literary Genius or Horny Diletantte? Adam Begley&#8217;s Bio Makes the Case for John Updike as a Major Artist&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even before it falls into the hands of average readers on April 8, \u00a0Adam Begley&#8217;s biography, Updike, is doing what scholars and society members expected: reawakening the debate over Updike&#8217;s status as an American writer. There has always been a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/2014\/04\/03\/new-york-observer-writer-considers-the-case-for-updike-as-a-major-artist\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,10,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-first-person-singular","category-publications","category-reviews"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1934"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1934\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1935,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1934\/revisions\/1935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}