Arches & Light: The Fiction of John GardnerSouthern Illinois University Press, 1983 - 227 pagini Arches and Light demonstrates the depth and complexity of Gardner's fiction, as well as his utterly consistent moral vision. Cowart argues that Gardner's career, from The Resurrection to Mickelsson's Ghosts, reveals an incremental mastery and a remarkable singleness of purpose. |
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... Henry Soames , keeps no farm , agri- culture runs in his blood , for his grandparents farmed , and his fa- ther worked for a time as a dairyman . Henry also marries into a farming family , and he shares his neighbors ' anxieties about ...
... Henry Soames , keeps no farm , agri- culture runs in his blood , for his grandparents farmed , and his fa- ther worked for a time as a dairyman . Henry also marries into a farming family , and he shares his neighbors ' anxieties about ...
Pagina 35
... Henry , Callie , Simon Bale , George Loomis , Doc Cathey , Nick Blue , Old Man Judkins , the Goat Lady . Life flourishes , and it manages to carry Henry along through his dark night of the soul after the death of Simon Bale . The novel ...
... Henry , Callie , Simon Bale , George Loomis , Doc Cathey , Nick Blue , Old Man Judkins , the Goat Lady . Life flourishes , and it manages to carry Henry along through his dark night of the soul after the death of Simon Bale . The novel ...
Pagina 36
... Henry is alone , as the limited point of view emphasizes , but he is not alien- ated . With his son beside him , curious about dead rabbits and opened graves , Henry sees that " life goes on . " He accepts , he affirms . Henry may not ...
... Henry is alone , as the limited point of view emphasizes , but he is not alien- ated . With his son beside him , curious about dead rabbits and opened graves , Henry sees that " life goes on . " He accepts , he affirms . Henry may not ...
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Gardners Early Pastoral Novels | 21 |
Grendel | 38 |
The Sunlight Dialogues | 57 |
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affirmation allegory American Art of Living becomes Bellamy Beowulf Brother Ivo Chandler chapter character Christ Christian Clumly darkness David Bellamy dead death despair Devil dragon entropy evil existential faith father Flint frame story Freddy Freddy's Book Gard Grendel Gudgekin guilt Gustav Hereafter cited parenthetically hero heroic hints human ideal James James Page John Barth John Gardner John Napper kind King King's Indian Knopf Lars-Goren less literary Luther Lykourgos madness man's Mickelsson Mickelsson's Ghosts modern monster Moral Fiction narrative narrator Nicholas Vergette Nickel Mountain Nimram novel October Light pastoral philosophical poem political princess protagonist Queen Louisa reader reality realizes Redemption Resurrection Sally says Scyldings seems Shaper six-fingered Smugglers spiritual story story's Suicide Mountains Sunlight Dialogues symbol Taggert Hodge takes tale theme things Thistle Girl tion truth ultimately Univ universe Upchurch Vlemk Vortrab wife Winesap witch Wreckage of Agathon York
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In Hawthorne's Shadow: American Romance from Melville to Mailer Samuel Coale Vizualizare fragmente - 1985 |
A Dream of Peace: Art and Death in the Fiction of John Gardner Ronald Grant Nutter Vizualizare fragmente - 1997 |