Mickelsson's Ghosts (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: John Gardner
- First Published: 1982
- Type of Work: Novel
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Philosophy or philosophers, Murder or homicide, Authors or writers, Prostitution or prostitutes, Ghosts or apparitions, 1980’s, Ethics, Colleges or universities, Mormons
- Locales: New York, Pennsylvania, Binghamton, NY, Susquehanna, PA
Recognized throughout his career as a philosophical novelist, fascinated with abstract ideas and how they are embodied in specific characters, Gardner returned explicitly to this kind of fiction in the final novel he published during his lifetime, Mickelsson's Ghosts. It is literally the story of a philosopher, Peter Mickelsson, and his attempts to restore meaning and purpose to his life—intellectually, morally, and emotionally.
Mickelsson is a professor of philosophy at the State University of New York, Binghamton, the school where Gardner was teaching at the time of...
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