The Resurrection (Masterplots II: American Fiction Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: John Gardner
- First Published: 1966
- Type of Plot: Metaphysical
- Time of Work: The early 1960’s
- Setting: San Francisco, California, and western New York State
- Principal Characters: James Chandler, Maria Chandler, Karen Chandler, Susan Chandler, Anne Chandler, Rose Chandler, Aunt Emma Staley, Aunt Betsy Staley, Aunt Maud Staley, Viola Staley, John Horne
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: 1960’s, New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Philosophy or philosophers, Cancer, Terminal illness or terminally ill, Leukemia
- Locales: Batavia, NY
The Novel
The specific gravity of The Resurrection is very great. James Chandler, a metaphysician living in a time of analysis, feels that he was born out of time. Because of his interests, however perverse for this age, and because he is dying from leukemia, he might be forgiven for being concerned about important questions that, as a philosopher, he is prepared to discuss at an elevated level. Since James Chandler is a philosopher who comes from the mind of a novelist, he also might be forgiven for having an interest in aesthetics, though of course it is the novel...
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