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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... collection of short fiction , The King's In- dian Stories and Tales . These stories , written in 1971 , represent the attainment of Gardner's full powers . In them , and in their arrange- ment , one discovers a mastery beyond that ...
... collection of short fiction , The King's In- dian Stories and Tales . These stories , written in 1971 , represent the attainment of Gardner's full powers . In them , and in their arrange- ment , one discovers a mastery beyond that ...
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... collection as a whole ) . Few authors would bury a novel in a collection if they could pub- lish it separately - especially a novel as good as this one . " The King's Indian , " after all , exceeds Grendel in length and equals it in ...
... collection as a whole ) . Few authors would bury a novel in a collection if they could pub- lish it separately - especially a novel as good as this one . " The King's Indian , " after all , exceeds Grendel in length and equals it in ...
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... collection of- fer less humor and less astute psychological observation than ei- ther " Gudgekin " or " The Griffin and the Wise Old Philosopher . " Nevertheless , they provide young minds with some worthwhile precepts . In " The Shape ...
... collection of- fer less humor and less astute psychological observation than ei- ther " Gudgekin " or " The Griffin and the Wise Old Philosopher . " Nevertheless , they provide young minds with some worthwhile precepts . In " The Shape ...
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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 |