Word: personation
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Bellow gives considerable space to descriptions of Clara's ex-husbands who never appear in the story. These characterizations are entertaining but do little to enhance our understanding of the important characters. One of the main characters, the au pair girl's boyfriend, is never introduced in person. This technique could be effective if it were underscoring a theme of anonymity or detachment. But in many cases, it seems as if Bellow either forgets about the characters or just does not care enough to develop them...
...Important Person...
Bellow also does a good job of emphasizing the depth of Clara's love for Teddy. She seems to worship the "important person" but fails in her attempts to include herself in his professional political life. "When she came into her own, Clara thought, she'd set up a fund for him so he could write his views," Bellow writes...
Updike's fascination with the pecularities of his person form the core of this work, six essays on topics ranging from skin disease to the 1960s...
...county judge postponed a hearing for the person charged with raping a Harvard employee at the Science Center last December after the judge determined that the defendant was not in the proper mental state to appear in court...