ABSTRACT

This book, first published in 1962, is a collection of twenty-four essays written by Frank Kermode between 1958 and early 1961, and are all concerned with criticism and fiction. Puzzles and Epiphanies: Essays and Reviews 1958-1961 includes essays on the works of James Joyce, William Golding, E. M. Forster, and J. D. Salinger, amongst many others. This book is ideal for students of literature.

chapter I|28 pages

Poet and Dancer before Diaghilev

chapter II|6 pages

On David Jones

chapter III|5 pages

The Myth-Kitty

chapter IV|5 pages

Hunter and Shaman

chapter V|5 pages

Counter-Revolution

chapter VI|5 pages

Second Nature

chapter VII|9 pages

Edmund Wilson and Mario Praz

chapter VIII|10 pages

Northrop Frye 1

chapter IX|5 pages

Sillies

chapter X|7 pages

The One Orderly Product

chapter XI|5 pages

Puzzles and Epiphanies

chapter XII|17 pages

A Short View of Musil

chapter XIII|13 pages

Pasternak

chapter XIV|10 pages

The Interpretation of the Times

chapter XV|9 pages

Old Orders Changing

chapter XVI|15 pages

Henry Miller and John Betjeman

chapter XVII|9 pages

Beckett, Snow, and Pure Poverty

chapter XVIII|12 pages

Mr. Waugh's Cities

chapter XIX|12 pages

Mr. Greene's Eggs and Crosses

chapter XX|5 pages

Fit Audience

chapter XXI|5 pages

Mr. Wilson's People

chapter XXII|16 pages

William Golding

chapter XXIII|14 pages

Durrell and Others 1

chapter XXIV|7 pages

Nabokov's Bend Sinister 1