The alien in our midst: trash culture and good Americans in John Gardner's 'October Light.'

Article Abstract:

John Gardner's novel 'October Light' can be regarded as expressing some very embedded social anxieties in a literary form that did not acknowledge their presence. It is not hampered by high seriousness, and is able to look at a wide range of contemporary issues, connecting the reader with the origins of these issues in the past. At the end, the novel invites the universal gesture of man confronted with a mythic nature, turning against the social conflict it placed in its centre from the start.

Gardner, John C., October Light (Book)

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John the Baptist

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The features of John the Baptist is described, as not a predecessor of Jesus, but John the messiah and featured as the voice of one crying out in the wilderness, victim of violence, beggar, and the displaced. His credibility is bound to the singularity of his presence at the time of testimony and is considered the most profound quality of 'Jesus' identity.

United States, Portrayals, Religion, Religious history, John the Baptist, Saint

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Improvisations: John Coltrane

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The author compares his experience of jazz music to his understanding of John Coltrane's work and to another contemporary player. The temporal nature of jazz and the role of technique are discussed.

Analysis, Appreciation, Jazz musicians, Jazz music, Jazz, Short Story, Coltrane, John

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