Bibliography

Aubrey, James R. John Fowles: A Reference Companion. New York: Greenwood Press, 1991, 333 p.

Contains a brief biography, an introduction to each of Fowles's fictional works, and a bibliography of works by and about Fowles.

Criticism

Balsamo, Gian. "The Narrative Text as Historical Artifact: The Case of John Fowles." In Image and Ideology in Modern/Postmodern Discourse, edited by David B. Downing and Susan Bazargan, pp. 127-52.

Analyzes Fowles's two historical novels—The French Lieutenant's Woman and A Maggot—focusing on their themes, structure, and historical sources.

Boccia, Michael. "'Visions and Revisions': John Fowles's New Version of The Magus." Journal of Modern Literature 8, No. 2 (1980–1981): 235-46.

Remarks on Fowles's revisions to The Magus, noting that most of the changes "make Fowles's themes more explicit or help to create sharper characterization."

Broich, Ulrich. "John Fowles, 'The Enigma' and the Contemporary British Short Story." In Modes of Narrative: Approaches to American, Canadian and British Fiction, edited by Reingard M. Mischik and Barbara Korte, pp. 179-89. Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann, 1990.

Contends that "The Enigma" is an amalgamation of experimentalism and realism, and is representative of contemporary British short fiction.

De Vitis, A. A., and Schwerdt, Lisa M. "The French Lieutenant's Woman and 'Las Meninas': Correspondences of Art." The International Fiction Review 12, No. 2 (Summer 1985): 102-04.

Brief essay focusing on the thematic parallels between Diego de Silva Velazquez's painting and Fowles's novel.

Doherty, Gerald. "The Secret Plot of Metaphor: Rhetorical Designs in John Fowles's The French Lieutenant's Woman." Paragraph 9 (March 1987): 49-68.

Argues that the three major plot designs in The French Lieutenant's Woman are "narrativized allegories" of the plots of metaphor that Paul Ricoeur presents in his study The Rule of Metaphor.

Dopp, Jamie, and Olshen, Barry N. "Fathers and Sons: Fowles's The Tree and Autobiographical Theory." Mosaic 22, No. 4 (Fall 1989): 31-44.

Relates The Tree's contribution to autobiographical theory and an understanding of Fowles's theories on fiction writing and humankind's relationship with nature.

Fossa, John A. "Through Seeding to Mystery: A Reappraisal of John Fowles' The Magus." Orbis Litterarum 44, No. 2 (1989): 161-80.

Suggests an alternative reading of The Magus that "view[s] Nicholas not as a magus in the making, but as always having been a magus, though he himself only becomes aware of this through his experiences on the island of Phraxos."

Gaggi, Silvio. "Pirandellian and Brechtian Aspects of the Fiction of John Fowles." Comparative Literature Studies 23, No. 4 (Winter 1986): 324-34.

Argues that "the fiction of John Fowles has clear narrative correspondences to themes and techniques that occur in modern theatre."

Gallop, David. "Can Fiction Be Stranger than Truth? An Aristotelian Answer." Philosophy and Literature 15, No. 1 (April 1991): 1-18.

Contends that the double ending Fowles employed in The French Lieutenant's Woman "defeats the aim of fiction, constructed along Aristotelian lines, as moving and enlightening the reader."

Garard, Charles. Point of View in Fiction and Film: Focus on John Fowles. New York: Peter Lang, 1991, 142 p.

Analyzes the film adaptations of The Collector, The Magus, and The French Lieutenant's Woman.

Haegert, John. "Memoirs of a Deconstructive Angel: The Heroine as Mantissa in the Fiction of John Fowles." Contemporary Literature 27, No. 2 (Summer 1986): 160-81.

Examines the thematic and symbolic role of women in Fowles's fiction with the focus of the essay being Mantissa.

Holmes, Frederick M. "John Fowles's Variation on Angus Wilson's Variation on E. M. Forster: 'The Cloud,' 'Et Dona Ferentes,' and 'The Story of a Panic.'" Ariel 20, No. 3 (July 1989): 39-52.

Concludes that "Wilson's apparent influence on Fowles no more resulted in mere imitation than did Forster's apparent influence on Wilson. Rather Fowles turned his countryman's methods and concerns to his own distinct purposes in order to create a subtler and more compelling story."

Ireland, K. R. "Towards a Grammar of Narrative Sequence: The Model of The French Lieutenant's Woman." Poetics Today 7, No. 3 (1986): 397-420.

Analyzes the novel's narrative progression by focusing on the relationships and transitions between chapters.

Lorsch, Susan E. "Pinter Fails Fowles: Narration in The French Lieutenant's Woman." Film Literature Quarterly 16, No. 3 (July 1988): 144-54.

Faults Harold Pinter's screenplay for failing to fully translate the spirit of Fowles's narrative through the film-within-a-film metaphor.

Mansfield, Elizabeth. "A Sequence of Endings: The Manuscripts of The French Lieutenant's Woman." Journal of Modern Literature 8, No. 2 (1980–1981): 275-86.

Analysis of Fowles's novel focusing on the creative process surrounding the multiple endings.

Miller, Walter, Jr. "Chariots of the Goddesses, or What?" The New York Times Book Review (8 September 1985): 11.

Favorably reviews A Maggot.

Modern Fiction Studies, Special Issue: John Fowles 31, No. 1 (Spring 1985): 3-210.

Contains essays on Fowles's major novels, an interview, and a bibliography of secondary sources.

Moynahan, Julian. "Fly Casting." The New Republic 193, No. 15 (7 October 1985): 47-9.

Comments on the literary and historical influences that inform A Maggot.

Smith, Frederick N. "The Endings of The French Lieutenant's Woman: Another Speculation on the Manuscript." Journal of Modern Literature 14, No. 4 (Spring 1988): 579-84.

Refutes Elizabeth Mansfield's claim (see article cited above) that Fowles originally intended the novel to have a single, happy ending and only later, on the advice of his wife, added the unhappy ending.

Vieth, Lynne S. "The Re-humanization of Art: Pictorial Aesthetics in John Fowles's The Ebony Tower and Daniel Martin." Modern Fiction Studies 37, No. 2 (Summer 1991): 217-33.

Discusses Fowles's concern with the relationship between imagistic and narrative insight as displayed in The Ebony Tower, "The Cloud," and Daniel Martin.

Ward, Carol. "Movie as Metaphor: Focus on Daniel Martin." Literature Film Quarterly 15, No. 1 (January 1987): 8-14.

Argues that a major thematic and structural component of Daniel Martin is "Fowles's comparison of the aesthetic properties of film and literature (represented by both fiction and drama)."

Interview

Foulke, Robert. "A Conversation with John Fowles." Salmagundi, Nos. 68-69 (Fall 1985–Winter 1986): 367-84.

Discussion relating Fowles's views on history and novel writing.