New Hampshire Literary Hall of Fame
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)
The World According to Garp by Call Number: PS3559.R8 W6 1990ISBN: 0525237704Publication Date: 1978-04-24
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.
DVDs Available at Shapiro Library
- The Hotel New HamsphireCall Number: DVD PN1997 .H68 2001Originally released as a motion picture in 1984.
- The World According to GarpCall Number: DVD PN1997 .W67 2014Originally released as a motion picture in 1982.