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 39
... artistic and that Grendel emerges as an artist only in the latter part of the novel . One must realize , however , that the book's incrementally poetic structure is the calculated effect of an artist whose control manifests itself ...
... artistic and that Grendel emerges as an artist only in the latter part of the novel . One must realize , however , that the book's incrementally poetic structure is the calculated effect of an artist whose control manifests itself ...
Pagina 53
... artist , God on earth . " " 15 But the divine artist must vie with the demonic competi- tion . Viewing Grendel as a trickster - god who does not evolve into something more benign is essentially the same as viewing him as an artist , the ...
... artist , God on earth . " " 15 But the divine artist must vie with the demonic competi- tion . Viewing Grendel as a trickster - god who does not evolve into something more benign is essentially the same as viewing him as an artist , the ...
Pagina 73
... artist as well . Unlike John Napper or Vlemk the Box - Painter , who grow from one kind of artist into another , Hodge combines the attributes of Grendel and the Shaper . Unique among the artist figures in Gardner's fic- tion , he is at ...
... artist as well . Unlike John Napper or Vlemk the Box - Painter , who grow from one kind of artist into another , Hodge combines the attributes of Grendel and the Shaper . Unique among the artist figures in Gardner's fic- tion , he is at ...
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 |