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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Pagina 189
... Mickelsson's Ghosts , as in the story of Oedipus , the mystery proves ancillary , though organically related , to the protagonist's self - discovery . Thus the most salient features of Gardner's mystery - the poisoned spring , the ...
... Mickelsson's Ghosts , as in the story of Oedipus , the mystery proves ancillary , though organically related , to the protagonist's self - discovery . Thus the most salient features of Gardner's mystery - the poisoned spring , the ...
Pagina 190
... Mickelsson lives alone and in a solitude as miserable as that of Nietzsche himself . Indeed , as Mickelsson realizes , he resembles the great German philosopher in a number of ways . In addition to sharing a profession , both men ...
... Mickelsson lives alone and in a solitude as miserable as that of Nietzsche himself . Indeed , as Mickelsson realizes , he resembles the great German philosopher in a number of ways . In addition to sharing a profession , both men ...
Pagina 191
... Mickelsson's assault on the fat man is also a symbolic attack on Luther and his values . Indeed , for a terrifying moment one morning , Mickelsson mistakes the fat man for Martin Luther in the flesh . As Freud pointed out , miserliness ...
... Mickelsson's assault on the fat man is also a symbolic attack on Luther and his values . Indeed , for a terrifying moment one morning , Mickelsson mistakes the fat man for Martin Luther in the flesh . As Freud pointed out , miserliness ...
Cuprins
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 |