"I hope they're interesting, I hope not more interesting than the fiction," says John Gard ner in his Afterword to these twelve essays that probe deeply into each of his major nov els, his epic poem, his children's stories, and his work as a librettist. Contents include: " Et in Arcadia Ego: Gardner's Early Novels" by David Cowart; "'Into the Farther Darkness' The Mani chaean Pastoralism of John Gardner" by Samuel Coale; "A Babylonian in Batavia: Mesopotamian Literature and Lore in The Sunlight Dialogues " by Greg ...
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"I hope they're interesting, I hope not more interesting than the fiction," says John Gard ner in his Afterword to these twelve essays that probe deeply into each of his major nov els, his epic poem, his children's stories, and his work as a librettist. Contents include: " Et in Arcadia Ego: Gardner's Early Novels" by David Cowart; "'Into the Farther Darkness' The Mani chaean Pastoralism of John Gardner" by Samuel Coale; "A Babylonian in Batavia: Mesopotamian Literature and Lore in The Sunlight Dialogues " by Greg Morris; and " Grendel and Blake: The Contraries of Exis tence" by Helen B. Ellis and Warren U. Ober. "John Gardner's Grendel " by Jerome Klin kowitz; "Survival and Redemptive Vision in Jason and Medeia " by John Trimbur; "Sailing Through The King's Indian with John Gardner and His Friends" by Donald J. Greiner; "Modern Moralities for Children: John Gardner's Children's Books" by Geraldine DeLuca and Roni Natov. "John Gardner, Librettist: A Composer's Notes" by Joseph Baber; "The Real Monster in Freddy's Book " by Walter Cummins; "Magi cal Prisons: Embedded Structures in the Work of John Gardner" by Kathryn Van Spanckeren; and "New Fiction, Popular Fic tion, and John Gardner's Middle/Moral Way" by Robert A. Morace.
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Fine in good dust jacket. Ex-library book with the typical stamps, stickers and markings. Front end paper has been cut out so that the book opens to the Title page. Interior pages are clean and unmarked. The front cloth board has a long sticker-peel... Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 200 p. Chicago Classic. Audience: General/trade.
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Very Good in very good jacket. 1982. First edition. Hardcover, 171 pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. Light foxing to endpapers and edges of textblock. Light foxing and soiling to DJ. Contents clean and unmarked.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 200 p. Screenplay Library. Audience: General/trade. Clean, unread copy in very good + condition. Personal library stamp on the fly-sheet, but no marking or writing in the book. Binding is firm. Covers are clean and show very little wear. Dust jacket shows light wear and fading.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall. 1st Printing. Review copy with slip and promotional flyer laid in. Top of page edges has foxing (light tan spotting) otherwise a vg, tight, clean copy with no markings or bookplates in a vg dust jacket with a few tiny edge tears and some rubbing. NO jacket chips.
