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- catalog abstract "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 is a "vivid and continuous dream." Drawing on the fields of philosophy, religion, psychology, anthropology, and ritual studies, it becomes clear that the vision he would have us dream is a vision of "peace," a Whiteheadian notion that says life is meaningful despite the ongoing presence of intractable evils like death and guilt.".
- catalog contributor b10687630.
- catalog created "c1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "c1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1997.".
- catalog description "1. A Story of a Death -- 2. Some Intellectual Antecedents -- 3. Of Pattern-Making and Art -- 4. Pilgrimages Toward Death -- 5. Isolation by Guilt -- 6. Pilgrimage Toward Life -- 7. Freedom and Responsibility -- 8. Self-Reliance and Redemption -- 9. Death, Guilt and Ritual Beginnings -- 10. Magic, Celebration and Novelty -- 11. Whitehead, Gardner and Peace.".
- catalog description "Gardner wrote that fiction is a "vivid and continuous dream." Drawing on the fields of philosophy, religion, psychology, anthropology, and ritual studies, it becomes clear that the vision he would have us dream is a vision of "peace," a Whiteheadian notion that says life is meaningful despite the ongoing presence of intractable evils like death and guilt.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-232) and ijdex.".
- catalog description "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.".
- catalog extent "236 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Dream of peace.".
- catalog identifier "0820433683 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Dream of peace.".
- catalog isPartOf "Modern American literature (New York, N.Y.) ; vol. 9.".
- catalog isPartOf "Modern American literature, 1078-0521 ; vol. 9".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "c1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Peter Lang,".
- catalog relation "Dream of peace.".
- catalog subject "813/.54 20".
- catalog subject "Death in literature.".
- catalog subject "Gardner, John, 1933-1982 Criticism and interpretation.".
- catalog subject "PS3557.A712 Z79 1997".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. A Story of a Death -- 2. Some Intellectual Antecedents -- 3. Of Pattern-Making and Art -- 4. Pilgrimages Toward Death -- 5. Isolation by Guilt -- 6. Pilgrimage Toward Life -- 7. Freedom and Responsibility -- 8. Self-Reliance and Redemption -- 9. Death, Guilt and Ritual Beginnings -- 10. Magic, Celebration and Novelty -- 11. Whitehead, Gardner and Peace.".
- catalog title "A dream of peace : art and death in the fiction of John Gardner / Ronald Grant Nutter.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".