Updike's Bech: a book, and the heaven of fiction
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 reducti...
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Universidad de Alicante
1993-11-01
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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj.art-01b7d4da33f5446facbec5cec51dd9d42022-12-22T00:11:07ZengUniversidad de AlicanteRevista Alicantina de Estudios Ingleses0214-48082171-861X1993-11-01610910.14198/raei.1993.6.104428Updike's Bech: a book, and the heaven of fictionManzanas Calvo, Ana MaríaThis 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.https://raei.ua.es/article/view/1993-n6-updikes-bech-a-book-and-the-heaven-of-fiction |
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| title_short | Updike's Bech: a book, and the heaven of fiction |
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