Understanding Lord of the Flies A Student Casebook to Issues, Sources, and Historical Documents

Name: Understanding Lord of the Flies A Student Casebook to Issues, Sources, and Historical Documents
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ISBN: 9780313307232

ISBN-10: 0313307237

ISBN-13: 9780313307232

Edition: 2000

Authors: Kirstin Olsen

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A seemingly simple tale of schoolboys marooned on an island, Lord of the Flies has proven to be one of the most enigmatic and provocative pieces of literature ever published. This casebook probes the many layers of meaning in the novel, examining its literary, philosophical, historical, scientific, and religious significance. Beginning with a literary analysis that explores the universality of the novel's characters, the story is considered as subversion of the adventure tale, comparing it to such classics as Treasure Island and Robinson Crusoe. From these literary depictions of savagery, this study delves deeper, confronting the long-running philosophical and biological debates about human…

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List price: $63.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Publication date: 5/30/2000
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 232
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.56" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Literary Analysis



The Ignoble Savage


from The Life and Strange Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, vol. 2 (1719)



from The White Man's Burden (1899)



from The Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle (2nd ed., 1845)




Education


from Tom Brown's Schooldays (1857)



from Mike (1909)



from Summoned by Bells (1960)



from An Interview with Noriko M--, "Japanese School Culture" (September 9, 1999)



The Adventure Story


from The Swiss Family Robinson (1812-13)



from The Life and Strange Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, vol. 1 (1719)



from The Coral Island (1858)



from Treasure Island, Chapter 28 (1883)



from Treasure Island, Chapter 18 (1883)




Religion


from The Old Testament


from The New Testament


from Institutes of the Christian Religion (1536)



from The Anglican Book of Common Prayer



Biology, Evolution, and Lord of the Flies


from The Origin of Species (1859)



from Sociobiology: The New Synthesis (1975)




War and Postwar


from Prospect and Reality: Great Britain, 1945-1955 (1985)



from Talk: Conversations with William Golding (1970)



from Trials of War Criminals Before the Nuernberg [sic] Military Tribunals (1950)


Index