William Golding's Lord of the flies

Summary: The classic tale of a group of English school boys who are left stranded on an unpopulated island, and who must confront not only the defects of their society but the defects of their own natures.

Item details

ISBN: 0791047776
ISBN: 9780791047774
Physical Description: print
vii, 263 pages ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa. : Chelsea House Publishers, ©1999.

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-252) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

"Men of a smaller growth" : a psychological analysis of William Golding's Lord of the flies / Claire Rosenfield -- Lord of the flies and The Bacchae / Bernard F. Dick -- Beelzebub revisited : Lord of the flies / Bernard S. Oldsey, Stanley Weintraub -- Classical themes in Lord of the flies / Robert C. Gordon -- Lord of the flies / Mark Kinkead-Weekes, Ian Gregor -- The metaphor of darkness : Lord of the flies / Leighton Hodson -- Lord of the flies / Howard S. Babb -- Rhythm and expansion in Lord of the flies / Jeanne Delbaere-Garant.

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Golding, William 1911-1993
Lord of the flies (Golding, William) Lord of the flies (Golding, William)
Shipwreck survival in literature
Adventure stories, English History and criticism
Islands in literature
Boys in literature
Adventure stories, English
Boys in literature
Islands in literature
Shipwreck survival in literature
English literature History and criticism

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