In this adventure story about a group of schoolboys stranded on a deserted island, William Golding explores the dark side of humanity and the savagery that surfaces when social structure is broken down, and rules, ideals, and values are lost. New...
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In this adventure story about a group of schoolboys stranded on a deserted island, William Golding explores the dark side of humanity and the savagery that surfaces when social structure is broken down, and rules, ideals, and values are lost. New critical essays on Lord of the Flies are supplemented by a chronology of the author's life, a bibliography, and notes about the essay contributors
Cover; Contents; Editor's Note; Introduction; Vision and Structure in Lord of the Flies: A Semiotic Approach; The Fictional Explosion: Lord of the Flies and The Inheritors; The Nature of the Beast: Lord of the Flies; Lord of the Flies; Grief, Grief, Grief: Lord of the Flies; The Savages in the Forest: Decolonising William Golding; Golding and Huxley: The Fables of Demonic Possession; Literature of Atrocity: Lord of the Flies and The Inheritors; Lord of the Flies; Chronology; Contributors; Bibliography; Acknowledgments; Index;
