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... Profile of 1980. Two more collections of essays , in 1983 ( Mendez - Egle , ed . , John Gard- ner : True Art , Moral Art ) and in 1985 ( Henderson , ed . , Thor's Hammer : Essays on John Gardner ) , and the Introduction.
... Profile of 1980. Two more collections of essays , in 1983 ( Mendez - Egle , ed . , John Gard- ner : True Art , Moral Art ) and in 1985 ( Henderson , ed . , Thor's Hammer : Essays on John Gardner ) , and the Introduction.
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... true also for his own fiction . In other words , it is not as a writer of ideas that Gardner most insistently commands our atten- tion . One does not say this , obviously , out of a wish to berate this author's literary powers . Taking ...
... true also for his own fiction . In other words , it is not as a writer of ideas that Gardner most insistently commands our atten- tion . One does not say this , obviously , out of a wish to berate this author's literary powers . Taking ...
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... true artistic identity . Gardner managed to cultivate that one gift a writer must have if he is to maintain his spell on readers : a voice which is distinctly his own . The main focus of my study , therefore , will be on some important ...
... true artistic identity . Gardner managed to cultivate that one gift a writer must have if he is to maintain his spell on readers : a voice which is distinctly his own . The main focus of my study , therefore , will be on some important ...
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