This preface to Green seems to set aside the notion, championed by Frank Kermode in his Norton Lectures, and thence subscribed to by a large part of the critical community, that Green's work is anomalous in not including any unifying principle and relying instead on a kind of charismatic caprice. Instead, the article shows that the whole work is driven by the fear of losing identity, whether in death, love, or simply the fog, the plot element that becomes easily emblematic of all that threatens the novel's feckless characters. It is suggested that the many so-called idiosyncracies of Green's style can all be connected to this anxiety of losing clarity, losing control.
Introduction, 2000.
Autori: | PARKS, TIMOTHY HAROLD |
Data di pubblicazione: | 2000 |
Titolo: | Introduction |
Luogo di pubblicazione: | London, UK |
Nazione editore: | United Kingdom |
Editore: | Vintage |
Titolo del libro: | Party Going |
ISBN: | 0099285088 |
Pagina iniziale: | 5 |
Pagina finale: | 15 |
Numero di pagine: | 11 |
Revisione (peer review): | nessuno |
Rilevanza: | internazionale |
Lingua: | English |
Altre informazioni significative: | This is a long preface to Henry Green's masterpiece, Party Going |
Settore Scientifico Disciplinare: | Settore L-LIN/10 - Letteratura Inglese |
Keywords: | Henry Green; Party Going; John Updike; Frank Kermode; |
Abstract: | This preface to Green seems to set aside the notion, championed by Frank Kermode in his Norton Lectures, and thence subscribed to by a large part of the critical community, that Green's work is anomalous in not including any unifying principle and relying instead on a kind of charismatic caprice. Instead, the article shows that the whole work is driven by the fear of losing identity, whether in death, love, or simply the fog, the plot element that becomes easily emblematic of all that threatens the novel's feckless characters. It is suggested that the many so-called idiosyncracies of Green's style can all be connected to this anxiety of losing clarity, losing control. |
Numero degli autori: | 1 |
Supporto: | A stampa |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 2.02 Prefazione/Postfazione |
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