Abstract
Of all the artists Updike mentions in his writing, none is cited more often than seventeenth-century Dutch painter Jan Vermeer, whose near-photographic depictions of household scenes from everyday bourgeois life are recalled in Updike's own fictional portraits of upper-middle-dass domesticity-particularly those set in his native Pennsylvania, where the Dutch historically settled.
| Original language | American English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Rabbit Tales : Poetry and Politics in John Updike's Rabbit Novels |
| State | Published - Feb 8 2000 |
Keywords
- American literature
- Essay
- Jan Vermeer
- John Updike
Disciplines
- Arts and Humanities
- English Language and Literature
- Literature in English, North America
- Ancient, Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque Art and Architecture