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

Author/creator Crawford, Paul, 1963-
Format Book
Publication InfoColumbia : University of Missouri Press, ©2002.
Description261 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects
Golding, William, 1911-1993--Political and social views.
Golding, William, 1911-1993--Knowledge. --History.
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.

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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 239-254) and index.
LCCN 2002027108
ISBN0826214169 (alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks PR6013.O35 Z5968 2002 ✔ Available Place Hold