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

Published Columbia : University of Missouri Press, ©2002

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Description 1 online resource (261 pages) 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 Summary "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 vital if we are to appreciate fully his interrogation of twentieth-century life." "The fantastic and carnivalesque are foundational to both the satirical and nonsatirical approaches that mark Golding's early and late fiction. No previous study has analyzed this structure that is so central to his work. Politics and History in William Golding examines this writer's work more fully than it has been studied within the convoluted context of the last half of the twentieth century. Crawford directly links Golding's various deployments of the fantastic and carnivalesque to historical, political, and social change."--Jacket Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-254) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Golding, William, 1911-1993 -- Political and social views Golding, William, 1911-1993 -- Knowledge -- History SUBJECT Golding, William, 1911-1993 fast Subject 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 LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. History Historical fiction, English Literature and history Political and social views Political fiction, English Politics and literature Great Britain Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book LC no. 2002027108 ISBN 0826263046 9780826263049 9780826214164 0826214169

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