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 24
... mind . In one reverie he sees " a sky full of screaming blackbirds , hundreds of thousands of them , and he stood looking up at them , terrified . But even as he quaked , one part of his mind stepped back , calm , professorial ...
... mind . In one reverie he sees " a sky full of screaming blackbirds , hundreds of thousands of them , and he stood looking up at them , terrified . But even as he quaked , one part of his mind stepped back , calm , professorial ...
Pagina 68
... " ( p . 634 ) . But what kind of deliverer is the Sunlight Man , and whom does he save ? To answer these questions , the reader should recall that one of the things preying on Taggert Hodge's mind , 68 Arches and Light.
... " ( p . 634 ) . But what kind of deliverer is the Sunlight Man , and whom does he save ? To answer these questions , the reader should recall that one of the things preying on Taggert Hodge's mind , 68 Arches and Light.
Pagina 152
... mind of man onto the stage of the world . Lars - Goren , ostensibly an exemplary Chris- tian , is more comfortable with " a world of spirit — vaguely , God " ( p . 83 ) —than with the orthodox description of divinity . Scarcely less ...
... mind of man onto the stage of the world . Lars - Goren , ostensibly an exemplary Chris- tian , is more comfortable with " a world of spirit — vaguely , God " ( p . 83 ) —than with the orthodox description of divinity . Scarcely less ...
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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 |