Puzzles and Epiphanies: Essays and Reviews 1958-1961

249 Pages·1962·9.806 MB·English

by  Frank Kermode

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Puzzles and Epiphanies
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, Wil-
liam Golding, E. M. Forster, and J. D. Salinger, amongst many others.
This book is ideal for students of literature.
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Puzzles and Epiphanies
Essays and Reviews 1958-1961
Frank Kermode
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PUZZLES
AND
EPIPHANIES
Essays and Reviews lY58-1YOl
by
FRANK KERMODE
ROUTLEDGE & KEGAN PAUL
London
First published I962
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CONTENTS
PREFACE page ix
I POET AND DANCER BEFORE DIAGHILEV I
II ON DAVID JONES 29
III THE MYTH-KITTY 35
IV HUNTER AND SHAMAN 4°
V COUNTER-REVOLUTION 45
VI SECOND NATURE (Faul ValCry) 5°
VII EDMUND WILSON AND MARIO PRAZ 55
VIII NORTHROP FRYE 64
IX SILLIES 74
X THE ONE ORDERLY PRODUCT (E. M. Forster) 79
XI PUZZLES AND EPIPHANIES (James Jqyce) 86
XII A SHORT VIEW OF MUSIL 91
108
XIII PASTERNAK
XIV THE INTERPRETATION OF THE TIMES (Christopher UI
Isherwood and Anthony Powell)
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