Was John Updike's unfortunate Skeeter character in RABBIT REDUX in part a response to what LeRoi Jones wrote in 1963?pic.twitter.com/ut19VIwF7h
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@CarlRobertAnd @matthunte Adverse criticism & divorce both shook up Updike's complacency in ways that I think were useful. Others disagree.
@HeerJeet @matthunte I think the chance of portraying divorce accurately invigorated him, sure.
@CarlRobertAnd @matthunte Yes. But also complacency of early Updike is gone. 1970s/1980s work much more troubled.
@HeerJeet @matthunte Post-Modernism also helped. He enjoyed Donald Barthelme, and even made some attempts at illustrated stories.
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