John Gardner (1933-1982) (Critical Survey of Long Fiction)

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As a writer, John Gardner was as versatile as he was prolific. In addition to his novels, he published an epic poem (Jason and Medeia, 1973), two collections of short stories, four books for children, poetry, and reviews. During the early 1960’s, when Gardner was a struggling assistant professor with a growing backlog of unpublished fiction and rejection slips, he turned to more academic pursuits. While some of this work is distinctly scholarly in nature, much of it is directed at a less specialized audience and is designed to make the literature...

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