This book, first published in 1962, is a collection of twenty-four essays written by Frank Kermode between 1958 and early 1961, and are all concerned with criticism and fiction. Puzzles and Epiphanies: Essays and Reviews 1958-1961 includes essays on the works of James Joyce, William Golding, E. M. Forster, and J. D. Salinger, amongst many others. This book is ideal for students of literature.
Preface; Note to the Second Impression; Chapter I Poet and Dancer before Diaghilev; Chapter II On David Jones; Chapter III The Myth-Kitty; Chapter IV Hunter and Shaman; Chapter V Counter-Revolution; Chapter VI Second Nature, Val?ry; Chapter VII Edmund Wilson and Mario Praz; Chapter VIII Northrop Frye; Chapter IX Sillies; Chapter X The One Orderly Product, E. M. Forster; Chapter XI Puzzles and Epiphanies, James Joyce; Chapter XII A Short View of Musil; Chapter XIII Pasternak; Chapter XIV The Interpretation of the Times, Isherwood, Powell; Chapter XV Old Orders Changing, Tate, Lampedusa; Chapter XVI Henry Miller and John Betjeman; Chapter XVII Beckett, Snow, and Pure Poverty; Chapter XVIII Mr. Waughs Cities; Chapter XIX Mr. Greenes Eggs and Crosses; Chapter XX Fit Audience, J. D. Salinger; Chapter XXI Mr. Wilsons People; Chapter XXII William Golding; Chapter XXIII Durrell and Others; Chapter XXIV Nabokovs Bend Sinister;
This book, first published in 1962, is a collection of twenty-four essays written by Frank Kermode between 1958 and early 1961, and are all concerned with criticism and fiction.
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