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 91
... tale with the Holy Ghost's benediction on himself : " thou fucking lunatic " ( p . 323 ) . By the same token , the ... tale " in this collection complies in all particulars with the description of that genre in The Forms of Fiction , a ...
... tale with the Holy Ghost's benediction on himself : " thou fucking lunatic " ( p . 323 ) . By the same token , the ... tale " in this collection complies in all particulars with the description of that genre in The Forms of Fiction , a ...
Pagina 143
... tale is more straightforward , less lay- ered with irony . This , the familiar tale of the dancing princesses , illustrates the power of the man who , convinced he has nothing to lose , is willing to hazard all in a desperate ...
... tale is more straightforward , less lay- ered with irony . This , the familiar tale of the dancing princesses , illustrates the power of the man who , convinced he has nothing to lose , is willing to hazard all in a desperate ...
Pagina 144
... tale , which concerns a miser who goes to extravagant lengths to avoid repaying a single kopeck . As the abbot approaches his end , his remarks become less ambiguous , and one can accept his interpretation of this tale more or less at ...
... tale , which concerns a miser who goes to extravagant lengths to avoid repaying a single kopeck . As the abbot approaches his end , his remarks become less ambiguous , and one can accept his interpretation of this tale more or less at ...
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 |