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Patrick White Within the Western Literary Tradition.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Beston, John.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- White, Patrick, 1912-1990.
- Authors, Australian.
- Literature, Modern.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (395 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Sydney : Sydney University Press, 2010.
- Summary:
- Patrick White within the Western Literary Tradition is a collection of essays demonstrating the strong influence of European, British, and American cultures on White's work.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Title page
- Copyright page
- CONTENTS
- FOREWORD
- AUTHOR'S PREFACE
- SECTION 1: PATRICK WHITE WITHIN THE WESTERN LITERARY TRADITION
- INTRODUCTION - THE RAISON D'ÊTRE OF THIS BOOK
- 1 A SURVEY OF WHITE'S LIFE AND NOVELS
- SECTION 2: EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN INFLUENCES ON WHITE
- 2 THE INFLUENCE OF MADAME BOVARY ON THE TREE OF MAN
- 3 PATRICK WHITE AND RIMBAUD
- 4 OUT OF CHILDHOOD: THE LOVE STORY IN LEGRAND MEAULNES AND VOSS
- 5 THREE CONCLUSIONS: BUDDENBROOKS, THE AUNT'S STORY AND VOSS
- 6 THE INFLUENCE OF JOHN STEINBECK'S THE PASTURES OF HEAVEN ON PATRICK WHITE
- 7 WILLA CATHER AND PATRICK WHITE
- 8 PATRICK WHITE AND THEODORA GOODMAN IN NEW MEXICO
- 9 FILMS AND PATRICK WHITE
- SECTION 3: STUDIES OF WHITE'S MAJOR NOVELS
- 10 THE SEVERAL LIVES OF THEODORA GOODMAN: THE 'JARDIN EXOTIQUE' SECTION OF PATRICK WHITE'S THE AUNT'S STORY
- 11 THE BLACK VOLCANIC HILLS OF MEROË: FIRE IMAGERY IN PATRICK WHITE'S THE AUNT'S STORY
- 12 LOVE AND SEX IN A STAID SPINSTER: THE AUNT'S STORY
- 13 DREAMS AND VISIONS IN THE TREE OF MAN
- 14 THE TREE OF MAN AS A PIONEER NOVEL
- 15 STAN'S GRANDSON, THE LOST BOY, AND WHITE'S ARS POETICA IN THE TREE OF MAN
- 16 THE THEME OF SPIRITUAL PROGRESSION IN VOSS
- 17 ALIENATION AND HUMANISATION, DAMNATION AND SALVATION IN VOSS
- 18 WILL VOSS ENDURE? FIFTY YEARS LATER
- 19 VOSS' PROPOSAL AND LAURA'S ACCEPTANCE LETTER: THE STRUGGLE FOR DOMINANCE IN VOSS
- SECTION 4: THEMATIC STUDIES OF WHITE'S NOVELS
- 20 WHY ARE EPIPHANIES SO PROMINENT IN PATRICK WHITE'S NOVELS?
- 21 MYTHMAKING IN PATRICK WHITE'S NOVELS
- 22 WHITE'S STYLE
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781743320853
- 174332085X
- 9781743328088
- 1743328087
- OCLC:
- 1260340486
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