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John Irving
Works by John Irving
Open the pdf below for a list of works by John Irving that was compiled by the Center for the Book at the NH State Library.
Books by John Irving Available at Shapiro Library (selected)
A Prayer for Owen Meany by Call Number: PS3559.R8 P7 1989ISBN: 0688077080Publication Date: 1989-03-01
A Sound Like Someone Trying Not to Make a Sound by Call Number: Juv. Irving, J. Sound ERCISBN: 0385746806Publication Date: 2004-09-28
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Criticism and Interpretation: Books (selected)
John Irving by Call Number: Main Collection: PS3559 .R8 Z72 2001ISBN: 0791059200Publication Date: 2000- John Irving byCall Number: Main Collection: PS3559.R8 Z68 1986ISBN: 0805774629Publication Date: 1986
- John Irving : A Critical Companion. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Publishing Group. byCall Number: Ebook on EBSCOhostISBN: 9780313302220Publication Date: 1998
Notable American Novelists by Call Number: Ebook on EBSCOhostISBN: 9781587653933Publication Date: 2007
Criticism and Interpretation: Articles (selected)
Epstein, J. (1983). Why John Irving is so Popular. In S. R. Gunton & J. C. Stine (Eds.), Contemporary Literary Criticism (Vol. 23). Detroit: Gale. (Reprinted from Commentary, 1982, June, 73[6], 59-63).
Harter, C. C. (2003). And James R. Thompson. The World According to Garp: Life As a Doomed Effort at Reclassification. In J. Witalec (Ed.), Contemporary Literary Criticism (Vol. 175). Detroit: Gale. (Reprinted from John Irving, pp. 74-102, 1986, Boston, Mass.: Twayne).
Hill, J. B. (1986). John Irving's Aesthetics of Accessibility: Setting Free the Novel. In D. G. Marowski & R. Matuz (Eds.), Contemporary Literary Criticism (Vol. 38). Detroit: Gale. (Reprinted from in The South Carolina Review, 1983, Fall, 16[1], 38-44).
Page, P. (1995). Hero Worship and Hermeneutic Dialectics: John Irving's A prayer for Owen Meany. Mosaic : A Journal for the Interdisciplinary Study of Literature, 28(3), 137-156.
Priestley, M. (1983). Structure in the Worlds of John Irving. In S. R. Gunton & J. C. Stine (Eds.), Contemporary Literary Criticism (Vol. 23). Detroit: Gale. (Reprinted from Critique Studies in Modern Fiction, 1981, 23[1], 82-96).
Reilly, E. C. (1999). Understanding John Irving. In J. W. Hunter & D. A. Schmitt (Eds.), Contemporary Literary Criticism (Vol. 112). Detroit: Gale. (Reprinted from Understanding John Irving, pp. 1-13, 1991, University of South Carolina Press).
Shostak, D. (1994). The Family Romances of John Irving. Essays in Literature, 21(1), 129.
Shostak, D. (2003). Plot as Repetition: John Irving's Narrative Experiments. In J. Witalec (Ed.), Contemporary Literary Criticism (Vol. 175). Detroit: Gale. (Reprinted from Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction, 1995, Fall, 37[1], 51-70).
The World According to Garp. (2003). In J. Witalec (Ed.), Contemporary Literary Criticism (Vol. 175). Detroit: Gale.
Biographies (selected)
Irving, John (1942-), An Introduction to. (1999). In J. W. Hunter & D. A. Schmitt (Eds.), Contemporary Literary Criticism (Vol. 112). Detroit: Gale.
Irving, John, 1942- (2005). Literature Online Biography.