The Novels of Rex Warner: An IntroductionThis critical introduction to Warner's writings aims to rehabilitate them from neglect by discussing the development of his ideas and their problematic relationship with the fictional forms through which he articulated them - a relationship which deepens his ostensibly straightforward narratives, and which raises questions of continuing literary interest. |
Contents
Allegory and The Wild Goose Chase 222 | 22 |
The Professor | 48 |
The Aerodrome | 75 |
The Historical Novels | 138 |
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