The Invisible Tent: The War Novels of Ford Madox Ford
Autor Ambrose Gordon, Jr.en Limba Engleză Paperback – 1964
Ambrose Gordon, Jr., here analyzes seven novels by Ford that in Gordon's opinion constitute Ford's masterpieces: Parade's End (a tetralogy consisting of Some Do Not, No More Parades, A Man Could Stand Up, and The Last Post), The Marsden Case, No Enemy, and The Good Soldier.
Interested in what these novels have to say, Gordon is equally interested in how they make their comment, and so approaches them through analysis of the fictional methods that Ford employed. Yet he skillfully avoids a common error of critics who become absorbed in technique—loss of contact with the book itself—by providing numerous quotations of sufficient length to indicate the novels' quality. These passages, examined in detail for content and technique, give the reader an understanding of the novel that, though not a substitute for one's own reading of the narratives, is enhanced by the interpretation of a brilliant critic.
Gordon traces the development of the novelist's art in various phases: the characteristic moods and general patterns of his novels, his borrowings from the French, the effects of his association with Conrad, his concept of the novel as fairy tale, his use of scene exteriors and interiors. Gordon's discussion cuts across the seven novels in many aspects but concentrates on one novel, or a group of novels, when his ideas have less general illustration.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780292741003
ISBN-10: 0292741006
Pagini: 166
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: University of Texas Press
Colecția University of Texas Press
ISBN-10: 0292741006
Pagini: 166
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: University of Texas Press
Colecția University of Texas Press
Notă biografică
Ambrose Gordon, Jr. (1920–1987) was Professor of English at the University of Texas at Austin.
Cuprins
- Preface
- I. A Diamond of Pattern
- II. Landscapes and Interiors
- III. Some Borrowings from France
- IV. The War as Fairy Tale
- V. The Tietjens Trilogy: A Step Beyond Parade
- VI. Taps for a Novel
- A Bibliographical Check List
- Novels by Ford
- Other Books by Ford Mentioned or Cited
- Books about Ford
- Index
Descriere
A critical evaluation of Ford's novels of war, tracing the development of the novelist's art in various phases.