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 116
... called Descent from the Cross ( Mr. Goodman had once been a museum guard ) " ( p . 30 ) . The crew loses no time in hailing Peter as their " captain " and " pilot ” — both traditional iconography for Christ . Soon Peter imagines him ...
... called Descent from the Cross ( Mr. Goodman had once been a museum guard ) " ( p . 30 ) . The crew loses no time in hailing Peter as their " captain " and " pilot ” — both traditional iconography for Christ . Soon Peter imagines him ...
Pagina 145
... called priests of the eternal imagination — and John Gardner is one of them . The babe offers no exegesis of his allegory concerning the pre- dations of Misery on two brothers , one rich but stingy and mean , the other poor but decent ...
... called priests of the eternal imagination — and John Gardner is one of them . The babe offers no exegesis of his allegory concerning the pre- dations of Misery on two brothers , one rich but stingy and mean , the other poor but decent ...
Pagina 154
... called history . " Much of the success attained by Gustav Vasa , discoverer of propaganda , derives from his inspired ma- nipulation of the word , first in his speech to the miners at Dalarna ( he imitates the techniques of Mark Antony ...
... called history . " Much of the success attained by Gustav Vasa , discoverer of propaganda , derives from his inspired ma- nipulation of the word , first in his speech to the miners at Dalarna ( he imitates the techniques of Mark Antony ...
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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
Referințe la această carte
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 |