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9780791098264

William Golding's Lord of the Flies

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  • ISBN13:

    9780791098264

  • ISBN10:

    0791098265

  • Edition: 2nd
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2008-02-28
  • Publisher: Facts on File
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Summary

In this adventure story about a group of schoolboys stranded on a deserted island, William Golding explores the dark side of humanity and the savagery that surfaces when social structure is broken down, and rules, ideals, and values are lost. In this valuable literary reference guide, a new selection of critical essays on Lord of the Flies is supplemented by a chronology of the author's life, a bibliography, and notes about the essay contributors. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Editor's Notep. vii
Introductionp. 1
Vision and Structure in Lord of the Flies: A Semiotic Approachp. 3
The Fictional Explosion: Lord of the Flies and The Inheritorsp. 11
The Nature of the Beast: Lord of the Fliesp. 27
Lord of the Fliesp. 45
Grief, Grief, Grief: Lord of the Fliesp. 59
The Savages in the Forest: Decolonising William Goldingp. 71
Golding and Huxley: The Fables of Demonic Possessionp. 85
Literature of Atrocity: Lord of the Flies and The Inheritorsp. 103
Lord of the Fliesp. 133
Chronologyp. 161
Contributorsp. 163
Bibliographyp. 165
Acknowledgmentsp. 169
Indexp. 171
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In this adventure story about a group of schoolboys stranded on a deserted island, William Golding explores the dark side of humanity and the savagery that surfaces when social structure is broken down, and rules, ideals, and values are lost. New critical essays on Lord of the Flies are supplemented by a chronology of the author's life, a bibliography, and notes about the essay contributors.

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