William Golding's Lord of the flies /
edited and with an introduction by Harold Bloom.
- New ed.
- New York : Bloom's Literary Criticism, C 2010.
- 113 p. ; 23 cm.
- Bloom's guides .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Biographical sketch -- The story behind the story -- List of characters -- Summary and analysis -- Critical views: David Anderson on Golding's difficult Christianity -- Kathleen Woodard discusses the capacity for evil in children -- Arnold Kruger takes a new look at the character of Simon -- James R. Baker considers Golding, Huxley, and modernity -- Berthold Schoene-Harwood on destructive masculinity in Lord of the flies -- Paul Crawford on human depravity in the novel -- Mark Kinkead-Weekes and Ian Gregor address the symbolism of the conch -- Paula Alida Ray on the absence of the female in Lord of the flies -- Theodore Dalrymple reflects on human depravity in the novel -- Peter Edgerly Firchow examines the implausible beginning and ending of Lord of the flies -- Works by William Golding -- Annotated bibliography.
9781604138146 (hardcover : alk. paper)
2010001315
Golding, William, 1911-1993. Lord of the flies.
Airplane crash survival in literature.
PR6013.O35 / L65 2010
823
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Biographical sketch -- The story behind the story -- List of characters -- Summary and analysis -- Critical views: David Anderson on Golding's difficult Christianity -- Kathleen Woodard discusses the capacity for evil in children -- Arnold Kruger takes a new look at the character of Simon -- James R. Baker considers Golding, Huxley, and modernity -- Berthold Schoene-Harwood on destructive masculinity in Lord of the flies -- Paul Crawford on human depravity in the novel -- Mark Kinkead-Weekes and Ian Gregor address the symbolism of the conch -- Paula Alida Ray on the absence of the female in Lord of the flies -- Theodore Dalrymple reflects on human depravity in the novel -- Peter Edgerly Firchow examines the implausible beginning and ending of Lord of the flies -- Works by William Golding -- Annotated bibliography.
9781604138146 (hardcover : alk. paper)
2010001315
Golding, William, 1911-1993. Lord of the flies.
Airplane crash survival in literature.
PR6013.O35 / L65 2010
823