A Dream of Peace: Art and Death in the Fiction of John Gardner

by Ronald Grant Nutter

The American novelist John Gardner died in a motorcycle accident in 1982. His novels, in which death and guilt are brooding presences, continue to attract attention. This study reviews Gardner's life and work, examining how his own tragic past prodded him to explore life's deepest mysteries. It breaks new ground by demonstrating how the philosophies of Susanne Langer and Alfred North Whitehead greatly influenced his thought. Gardner wrote that fiction...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820433683
• ISBN13: 9780820433684
• Release Date: December 1997
• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
• Length: 236 Pages