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 64
... freedom . But the Hebrews erred , according to the Sunlight Man , in assuming that the divine will is so easily known and codified . The very attempt at such codifica- tion amounts to a distortion of the way things are , a failure to ...
... freedom . But the Hebrews erred , according to the Sunlight Man , in assuming that the divine will is so easily known and codified . The very attempt at such codifica- tion amounts to a distortion of the way things are , a failure to ...
Pagina 86
... freedom . Each of these characters has found a mental or emotional escape route from the existential prison . Even the Warden , according to Vortrab's old father , had yearned for a mystical experience by which to escape . Only Vortrab ...
... freedom . Each of these characters has found a mental or emotional escape route from the existential prison . Even the Warden , according to Vortrab's old father , had yearned for a mystical experience by which to escape . Only Vortrab ...
Pagina 108
... freedom is a ludicrous illusion " ( p . 286 ) . His answer lies partly in the conditions under which he undertakes his quest ; his own freedom is compromised by the fact that when he thinks he is freely challenging fate , he has ...
... freedom is a ludicrous illusion " ( p . 286 ) . His answer lies partly in the conditions under which he undertakes his quest ; his own freedom is compromised by the fact that when he thinks he is freely challenging fate , he has ...
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 |