Synopses & Reviews
Arches and Light demonstrates the depth and complexity of Gardners fiction, as well as his utterly consistent moral vision. Cowart argues that Gardners career, from The Resurrection to Mickelssons Ghosts, reveals an incremental mastery and a remarkable singleness of purpose.
Review
Gardner is one of the most creative, obstreperous, and troublesome characters in current American fiction. Cowarts book goes far toward explaining whyand rather brilliantly far, I think, in placing Gardner within a wider social, literary, and historical context. Cowart has a rich and finely associative literary mind, and it makes the book really valuable for anyone interested in the contemporary scene.”Frank McConnell, Northwestern University
Synopsis
Arches and Light demonstrates the depth and complexity of Gardner's fiction, as well as his utterly consistent moral vision. Cowart argues that Gardner's career, from The Resurrection to Mickelsson's Ghosts, reveals an incremental mastery and a remarkable singleness of purpose.
About the Author
David Cowart teaches English at the University of South Carolina and is the author of Thomas Pynchon: The Art of Allusion.