High or popular literature?: John Updike's Rabbit series

Jerneja Petrič

doi:10.4312/an.43.1-2.59-67

High or popular literature?: John Updike's Rabbit series

Authors

Jerneja Petrič

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4312/an.43.1-2.59-67

Keywords:

American literature, American novel, high literature, popular literature

Abstract

The article addresses the issue of the ambivalent relationship between high and popular literature. Relying on the criteria proposed by Ken Gelder, the author seeks to prove those artistic qualities of John Updike's Rabbit sequence that ensure his position among America's best writers of high literature.

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Published

31. 12. 2010

Issue

Vol. 43 No. 1-2 (2010)

Section

Articles

How to Cite

Petrič, J. (2010). High or popular literature?: John Updike’s Rabbit series. Acta Neophilologica, 43(1-2), 59-67. https://doi.org/10.4312/an.43.1-2.59-67