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The Great Gatsby
'It was one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it, that you may come across four or five times in life'Jay Gatsby is the man who has everything. But one …
Scenes of Nature, Signs of Men
This book is about the relationship of the American writer to his land and language - to the ‘scene’ and the ‘sign’, to the natural landscape and the inscriptions imposed upon it …
The Reign of Wonder
The adopted attitude towards reality and experience in American literature tends to be one of wonder and cultivated naivety rather than analysis and judgement. In this book, Dr …
A Pocketful of Poems
Adultery in the Novel
Originally published in 1979. Adultery is a dominant feature in chivalric literature; it becomes a major concern in Shakespeare's last plays; and it forms the central plot of …
The American Mystery
The late Tony Tanner was one of the most distinctive and distinguished critical voices on American literature. His work is familiar to generations of students and scholars, and has …