Bibliograph

Alan Paton's Cry, the beloved country, edited & with an introduction by Harold Bloom

Type

Label

Alan Paton's Cry, the beloved country, edited & with an introduction by Harold Bloom

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 109-111) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Alan Paton's Cry, the beloved country

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

53887555

Responsibility statement

edited & with an introduction by Harold Bloom

Series statement

Bloom's guides

Summary

Examines different aspects of Paton's novel about race relations in South Africa, with a biographical sketch of the author and critical essays on this work

Table Of Contents

Biographical sketch -- The story behind the story -- List of characters -- Summary and analysis -- Critical views -- Horton Davies on inspiration -- Sheridan Baker on the book as moral geography -- Edmund Fuller on tragedy -- Martin Tucker on the novel of forgiveness -- Myron Matlaw on stylistic understatement -- Robert L. Duncan on the suffering servant -- J.M. Coetzee on simple language -- Tony Adler on Cry, the beloved country and Lost in the stars -- Carol Iannone on Paton's tragic liberalism -- Mark Hestenes on Graham Greene and Alan Paton -- Works by Alan Paton

Target audience

adolescent

Classification