Michael Segedy

A Critical Look at John Gardner's Grendel (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

An essential essay on John Champlain Gardner's Grendel.

This scholarly piece examines John Champlain Gardner's attack on existential nihilism in his satiric work Grendel.

This lengthy commentary has been referenced in numerous critical works on Gardner's classic about an existential monster who chooses to construct a world view based on chaos, violence, and absolute anarchy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Michael Segedy
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781465901453
• Artikelnr.: 48333122

Autorenporträt

Michael Segedy is an award winning author. Over the years he has lived abroad in faraway places such as Taiwan, Israel, Morocco, and Peru. His life overseas has inspired him to write thrillers that include scenes set in foreign lands. Several of his works have won recognition in international book awards contests.

Novels to date:

Hampton Road, young adult thriller
In Deep, a political thriller
Cupiditas, a political thriller
Evil's Root, includes In Deep and Cupiditas
EMMA: Emergent Movement of Militant Anarchists, a terrorist thriller
Our Darker Angel, a political, psychological thriller
The Bed Sheet Serial Killer, crime thriller
A Lethal Partnership, political thriller
Sanctimonious Serial Killers, includes The Bed Sheet Serial Killer and A Lethal Partnership
Why Blame the Stars? young adult thriller mystery
Into the Twilight, social science fiction

Apart from writing novels, Michael has published three non-fiction works:

A Critical Look at John Gardner's Grendel
Teaching Literature and Writing in the Secondary Classroom
Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson with Introduction, Notes, and Lessons by Michael Segedy

He's also published numerous academic articles about literature and writing in various scholarly journals.

Gwendolyn Brooks, former poet laureate of Illinois, presented him with Virginia English Bulletin's first place writing award.