Patrick White's fiction : the paradox of fortunate failure
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Patrick White's fiction : the paradox of fortunate failure
（Macmillan studies in twentieth-century literature）
Macmillan, 1986
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Bibliography: p. 232-248
Includes index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
This study examines all eleven novels of Patrick White, the great Australian writer and Nobel Prize-winner. It begins from the observation that major characters in his novels undergo a necessary, redemptive, or facilitating failure. This failure paradoxically enables their success within the context of what White has called the 'overreaching grandeur' which circumscribes human existence. Evolution of this theme is traced through forty years of White's fiction: from his first novel, Happy Valley (1939), to his most recent work, The Twyborn Affair (1979). Comprehensive in its scope, this book is informed by a thorough knowledge of White's poetry, plays, short stories, and autobiography, as well as his novels. It is also unique in stressing that White's world view derives from a distinctly Australian experience. It thus links him to a country in which he is deeply rooted and to a heritage he continued to affirm.
目次
Acknowledgements - Australia: The Heritage of Failure - The Early Works: Anatomy of Failure - The Major Phase: The Mystery of Failure - The Later Works: The Condition of Failure - Style and Technique: The Discipline of Failure - Bibliography - Index
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