Lord of the Flies: Casebook Edition - Softcover

Golding, William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0399506438 ISBN 13: 9780399506437

Publisher: Penguin, 1998

Synopsis

A Casebook Edition containing the full text of LORD OF THE FLIES, plus notes and critical essays

The material in this casebook edition of one of the most widely read novels of our time includes not only the full text of LORD OF THE FLIES, but also statements by William Golding about the novel, reminisces of Golding by his brother, an appreciation of the novel by E.M. Forster, and a number of critical essays from various points of vierw. Included are psychological, religious, and literary approaches by noted scholars and studies of the novel's relation to earlier works, as well as to other writings by Golding. The editors have also included bibliographical material and explanatory notes.

Edited by James R. Baker and Arthur P. Ziegler, Jr.

About this title

About the Author

Born in Cornwall, England, in 1911 and educated at Oxford University, William Gerald Golding's first book, Poems, was published in 1935. Following a stint in the Royal Navy and other diversions during and after World War II, Golding wrote Lord of the Flies while teaching school. This was the first of several novels including Pincher Martin, Free Fall, and The Inheritors and a play, The Brass Butterfly, which led to his being awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1983.

Edition details

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0399506438
• ISBN 13: 9780399506437
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320
• Editor: Baker James Robert, Ziegler Arthur P.