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Literature of Guilt

From Gulliver to Golding

Palgrave Macmillan

Authors:

  1. Patrick Reilly

    1. University of Glasgow, Scotland

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction: the Dark Epiphany

    • Patrick Reilly
    Pages 1-14

  4. Heart of Darkness: a Choice of Nightmares

    • Patrick Reilly
    Pages 46-68

  5. Death in Venice: the Boons of Chaos

    • Patrick Reilly
    Pages 69-91

  6. Nineteen Eighty-Four: the Insufficient Self

    • Patrick Reilly
    Pages 92-113

  7. The Fall: Living in the Little-Ease

    • Patrick Reilly
    Pages 114-137

  8. Lord of the Flies: Beelzebub’s Boys

    • Patrick Reilly
    Pages 138-161

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 162-178
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About this book

An investigation of the roots of twentieth century pessimism as reflected in major European novels. Swift, Conrad, Thomas Mann, Orwell and Golding are linked through this analysis which is seen to stem from a violent reaction in literature against the axioms and assumptions of its predecessor.
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Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Glasgow, Scotland

    Patrick Reilly

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Literature of Guilt

  • Book Subtitle: From Gulliver to Golding

  • Authors: Patrick Reilly

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-09559-9

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Literature & Performing Arts Collection, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1988

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-09559-9Published: 18 June 1988

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 178

  • Topics: Fiction

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