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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... comes closest to the definition of pastoral in Dr. Johnson's dictionary - even though the great lexicographer speaks not of the novel but of " a poem in which any action or passion is represented by its effects on a country life . " The ...
... comes closest to the definition of pastoral in Dr. Johnson's dictionary - even though the great lexicographer speaks not of the novel but of " a poem in which any action or passion is represented by its effects on a country life . " The ...
Pagina 152
... comes from within and must be dealt with there . Lars - Goren's victory means that he will no longer allow himself the moral and psychological convenience of think- ing that evil comes from outside and has a mind of its own . Like Lars ...
... comes from within and must be dealt with there . Lars - Goren's victory means that he will no longer allow himself the moral and psychological convenience of think- ing that evil comes from outside and has a mind of its own . Like Lars ...
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... comes from Milton's " Lycidas , " where it evokes the plight of those ne- glected by a corrupt clergy . In Mickelsson's Ghosts it hints at an eventual destination for the moral odyssey of the hero , who must face his own pastoral ...
... comes from Milton's " Lycidas , " where it evokes the plight of those ne- glected by a corrupt clergy . In Mickelsson's Ghosts it hints at an eventual destination for the moral odyssey of the hero , who must face his own pastoral ...
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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 |