John Gardner, critical perspectives / edited by Robert A. Morace and Kathryn VanSpanckeren. - xxv, 171 pages ; 22 cm - Crosscurrents/modern critiques. New series .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Et in Arcadia ego : Gardner's early pastoral novels / "Into the farther darkness" : the Manichaean pastoralism of John Gardner / A Babylonian in Batavia : Mesopotamian literature and lore in the Sunlight dialogues / Grendal and Blake : the contraries of existence / John Gardner's Grendel / Survival and redemptive vision in Jason and Medeia / Sailing through the King's Indian with John Gardner and his friends / Modern moralities for children : John Gardner's children's books / John Gardner, librettist : a composer's notes / The real monster in Freddy's book / Magical prisons : embedded structures in the work of John Gardner / New fiction, popular fiction, and John Gardner's middle/moral way / David Cowart -- Samuel Coale -- Greg Morris -- Helen B. Ellis & Warren U. Ober -- Jerome Klinkowitz -- John Trimbur -- Donald J. Greiner -- Gerald DeLuca & Roni Natov -- Joseph Baber -- Walter Cummins -- Kathryn VanSpanckeren -- Robert A. Morace.

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Gardner, John, 1933-1982 --Criticism and interpretation

PS3557.A712 / Z7 1982