The GrotesqueHarold Bloom, Blake Hobby Infobase Publishing, 2009 - 218 The grotesque, often defined as something fantastically distorted that attracts and repels, is a concept that has various meanings in literature. This new volume contains 20 essays that explore the role of the grotesque in such works as Candide, Frankenstein, King Lear, The Metamorphosis, and many others. Some essays have been written specifically for the series; others are excerpts of important critical analyses from selected books and journals. |
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The American and European Grotesque | 1 |
As I Lay Dying | 13 |
The Bacchae | 23 |
The Birds | 33 |
Candide | 41 |
Don Quixote | 49 |
Edgar Allan Poes Short Stories | 57 |
Frankenstein | 65 |
King Lear | 115 |
The Metamorphosis | 135 |
Miss Lonelyhearts | 145 |
The Mysterious Stranger | 155 |
The Overcoat | 167 |
Revelation | 177 |
Six Characters in Search of an Author | 189 |
Winesburg Ohio | 199 |
Good Country People | 75 |
Gullivers Travels | 87 |
Henry IV Part I | 97 |
Inferno | 109 |
Acknowledgments | 209 |
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