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Politics and history in William Golding : the world turned upside down / Paul Crawford.

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"Politics and History in William Golding provides a much needed politicized and historicized reading of William Golding's novels as a counter to previous, universalizing criticism. Paul Crawford argues that an understanding of fantastic and carnivalesque modes in Golding's work is vit...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Crawford, Paul, 1963-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, ©2002.
Subjects:
Golding, William, > 1911-1993 > Political and social views.
Golding, William, > 1911-1993 > Knowledge > History.
Golding, William, > 1911-1993
Politics and literature > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Literature and history > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Historical fiction, English > History and criticism.
Political fiction, English > History and criticism.
History
Historical fiction, English
Literature and history
Political and social views
Political fiction, English
Politics and literature
Great Britain
1900-1999
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: the world turned upside down
  • Menippean satire, the fantastic, and the carnivalesque
  • Literature of atrocity: Lord of the flies and The inheritors
  • Self-consciousness and the totalitarian personality: Pincher Martin and Free fall
  • Constructions of fiction and class: The spire and The pyramid
  • Postmodernity and postmodernism: Darkness visible and The paper men
  • Historiographic metafiction, preromanticism, and the ship of fools: To the ends of the earth: a sea trilogy
  • Conclusion: socialist subversions? The radical and reactionary in Golding's satire.

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