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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... moral in the terms that Gardner proposes . The reason , perhaps , is to be found in the tone of the remarks : Gardner is a crackpot , to be dismissed , not argued with . The chorus ... moral fiction must be 17 John Gardner and Moral Fiction.
... moral in the terms that Gardner proposes . The reason , perhaps , is to be found in the tone of the remarks : Gardner is a crackpot , to be dismissed , not argued with . The chorus ... moral fiction must be 17 John Gardner and Moral Fiction.
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The Fiction of John Gardner David Cowart. Barth suggests , erroneously , that moral fiction must be didactic or moralistic . " I do not mean , " Gardner observes in On Moral Fic- tion , " that what the world needs is didactic art ...
The Fiction of John Gardner David Cowart. Barth suggests , erroneously , that moral fiction must be didactic or moralistic . " I do not mean , " Gardner observes in On Moral Fic- tion , " that what the world needs is didactic art ...
Pagina 73
... moral complacency and affirm some higher , more compre- hensive morality . Is the art of Taggert Hodge , the Sunlight Man , moral or im- moral ? Without doubt , it is deeply flawed . To the extent that he tries , even unconsciously , to ...
... moral complacency and affirm some higher , more compre- hensive morality . Is the art of Taggert Hodge , the Sunlight Man , moral or im- moral ? Without doubt , it is deeply flawed . To the extent that he tries , even unconsciously , to ...
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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 |