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Lord of the flies / editor, Sarah Fredericks, University of Arizona.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Critical insights.
- Critical Insights
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Golding, William, 1911-1993. Lord of the flies.
- Golding, William.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xv, 272 pages).
- Edition:
- [First edition].
- Other Title:
- Critical Insights
- Place of Publication:
- Ipswich, Massachusetts : Salem Press, a division of EBSCO Information Services, Incorporated ; Amenia, New York : Grey House Publishing, [2017]
- Summary:
- This book discusses William Golding's Lord of the Flies, including its initial critical reception, the moral issues it raises, its film adaptations, and the ways in which commentary about the novel has evolved in the six decades since its first publication. It also explores the ways the novel has been received on both sides of the Atlantic and examines its themes, characters, and structures from a diversity of critical perspectives.
- Contents:
- About This Volume
- On Lord of the Flies: Representations of Violence-Induced Trauma
- William Golding: A Life of Contradictions
- William Golding's Lord of the Flies in Historical Context
- The Conclusion of Lord of the Flies: Multiple Critical Perspectives
- Knowing the Beast: Lord of the Flies and Cognitive Literary Criticism
- "Until the Grownups Come" versus "To Found a New Nation": Human Nature in Golding's Lord of the Flies and Heinlein's Tunnel in the Sky
- Critical Essays on Lord of the Flies (1954-1969)
- Critical Essays on Lord of the Flies (1970-1989)
- Critical Essays on Lord of the Flies (1990-2010)
- International Reactions to Golding's Lord of the Flies
- Prejudice against Obesity in Lord of the Flies
- Rings and Flies: Tolkien and Golding, Lords of '54
- Lords of the Flies: Peter Brook, Harry Hook, and Golding's Novel
- William Golding's Lord of the Flies: A Glimmer of Hope in this Dystopia?
- "Fun and Games" and the Sacred in William Golding's Lord of the Flies
- "Pig's Head on a Stick": Lord of the Flies as Political and Religious Drama
- Chronology of William Golding's Life and Works
- Works by William Golding
- Bibliography
- About the Editor
- Contributors
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781682175682
- 1682175685
- OCLC:
- 1005846199
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