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Overview

Edited and introduced by Yale University professor and distinguished literary critic Harold Bloom, Bloom's Guides are comprehensive study guides for both students and adults. Emphasizing summary and analysis, these volumes are designed to provide the necessary materials with which readers can gain a better understanding of the most widely read works in Western literature.

Key Features

Introductions by renowned critic Harold Bloom consider each work and its significance.

Brief biographical sketches offer insight into each author's life. "The Story Behind the Story" details the circumstances surrounding the inception and development of the work. Summaries with analysis review and explain key points of each work.

Selections from critical essays written by leading scholars provide accessible explorations of the work.

Annotated bibliographies direct readers to additional materials on the subject and explain the importance of each.

Essential for any student of literature looking to enhance his or her reading experience, Bloom's Guides are highly useful for test preparation, independent scholarship, or book group discussions.

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  • ISBN-13: 9780791078785
  • Publisher: Facts on File, Incorporated
  • Publication date: 3/28/2004
  • Series: Bloom's Guides Series
  • Pages: 80
  • Age range: 14 - 17 Years
  • Product dimensions: 5.70 (w) x 8.60 (h) x 0.50 (d)

Table of Contents

Introduction 7

Biographical Sketch 9

The Story Behind the Story 11

List of Characters 14

Summary and Analysis 17

Critical Views 55

David Anderson on Golding's Difficult Christianity 55

Kathleen Woodward Discusses the Capacity for Evil in Children 58

Arnold Kruger Takes a New Look at the Character of Simon 60

James R. Baker Considers Golding, Huxley, and Modernity 63

Berthold Schoene-Harwood on Destructive Masculinity in Lord of the Flies 68

Paul Crawford on Human Depravity in the Novel 74

Mark Kinkead-Weekes and Ian Gregor Address the Symbolism of the Conch 79

Paula Alida Roy on the Absence of the Female in Lord of the Flies 82

Theodore Dalrymple Reflects on Human Depravity in the Novel 84

Peter Edgerly Firchow Examines the Implausible Beginning and Ending of Lord of the Flies 90

Works William Golding 95

Annotated Bibliography 96

Contributors 102

Acknowledgments 105

Index 107

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