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Discusses the ways in which John Gardner's work was influenced by his cancer, the death of his brother, and the ideas of Susanne Langer and Alfred North Whitehead, particularly the latter's concept of peace. Describes Gardner's notion of religion and interprets his writing in terms of anthropological studies of ritual. Offers extensive analyses of the novels Grendel , Nickel Mountain , October Light , The Resurrection , The Sunlight Dialogues , The Wreckage of Agathon , and the critical work On Moral Fiction . Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
