1. Updike or Roth, Roth or Updike. The mind revolts at this formulation, the lit crits version of Superman vs. The Hulk.
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10. Perhaps Updike v. Roth is about comparative advantage of specialization. After "Goodbye, Columbus" Roth singlemindedly focused on novels
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11. Updike never purely a novelist, but always had hand in many genres (poetry, short stories, literary criticism, art criticism).
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