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Bloom's guides : William Golding's Lord of the flies

2010
Books
Main title:
Bloom's guides : William Golding's Lord of the flies / edited & with an introduction by Harold Bloom.
Edition:
New ed.
Imprint:
New York : Bloom's Literary Criticism, c2010.
Collation:
113 p. ; 23 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Biographical sketch -- The story behind the story -- List of characters -- Summary and analysis -- Critical views: David Anderson on Golding's difficult Christianity -- Kathleen Woodard discusses the capacity for evil in children -- Arnold Kruger takes a new look at the character of Simon -- James R. Baker considers Golding, Huxley, and modernity -- Berthold Schoene-Harwood on destructive masculinity in Lord of the flies -- Paul Crawford on human depravity in the novel -- Mark Kinkead-Weekes and Ian Gregor address the symbolism of the conch -- Paula Alida Ray on the absence of the female in Lord of the flies -- Theodore Dalrymple reflects on human depravity in the novel -- Peter Edgerly Firchow examines the implausible beginning and ending of Lord of the flies -- Works by William Golding -- Annotated bibliography.
ISBN:
9781604138146
Dewey class:
823.914
Language:
English
BRN:
181826
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