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 9
... knowledge of the real he has pried into room after mysterious room and now , perhaps , stands before the last , fateful door . Behind this door lies knowledge that cannot be handled , knowledge that brings annihilation . Wonder- ing ...
... knowledge of the real he has pried into room after mysterious room and now , perhaps , stands before the last , fateful door . Behind this door lies knowledge that cannot be handled , knowledge that brings annihilation . Wonder- ing ...
Pagina 51
... knowledge — notably of poetry - through his self - crucifixion on Yggdrasil , the world tree or axis mundi . The ... knowledge of certain esoter- ica , and Grendel , too , learns from his painful experience . Indeed , the suffering of ...
... knowledge — notably of poetry - through his self - crucifixion on Yggdrasil , the world tree or axis mundi . The ... knowledge of certain esoter- ica , and Grendel , too , learns from his painful experience . Indeed , the suffering of ...
Pagina 116
... knowledge : " Tears streamed down the old man's face , though what he felt did not even seem sorrow , seemed merely knowledge , knowledge of them all from inside , understanding of the waste " ( p . 430 ) . When , in the end , Page ...
... knowledge : " Tears streamed down the old man's face , though what he felt did not even seem sorrow , seemed merely knowledge , knowledge of them all from inside , understanding of the waste " ( p . 430 ) . When , in the end , Page ...
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 |