William Golding's Lord of the Flies (Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations)
In this adventure story about a group of schoolboys stranded on a deserted island, William Golding explores the dark side of humanity and the savagery that surfaces when social structure is broken down, and rules, ideals, and values are lost. New critical essays on "Lord of the Flies" are supplemented by a chronology of the author's life, a bibliography, and notes about the essay contributors.
Added by: monicaalfonsomariani | Karma: 163.66 | Fiction literature | 22 April 2010
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The Novels of William GoldingThis book is the first to examine the forms and meanings in all of Golding's fiction up through The Pyramid. These novels represent a majour achievement in contemporary literature. All of Golding novels are devoted to exploring the true nature of man's existence and what it means to be human. His works are full of superb honesty of a fiercely intelligent and compelling storyteller who refuses to represent his characters as transcending the limitations of the human condition.
This collection of essays by leading and emergent critics of twentieth-century fiction offers a wide-ranging and provocative reassessment of the British novel's achievements after modernism. Focusing on mid-century writing, the book identifies continuities of preoccupation - with national identity, historiography and the challenge to literary form presented by public and private violence--that span the entire century. The book offers new readings of such famous figures as Amis, Golding, Greene and Spark, and reappraises the work of brilliant but less familiar contemporaries including Ann Quin, Elizabeth Taylor and Storm Jameson.
