This book, first published in 1962, is a collection of twenty-four essays written by Frank Kermode between 1958 and early 1961, and are all concerned with criticism and fiction. Puzzles and Epiphanies: Essays and Reviews 1958-1961 includes essays on the works of James Joyce, William Golding, E. M. Forster, and J. D. Salinger, amongst many others. This book is ideal for students of literature.
Preface;
1. Poet and Dancer before Diaghilev
2. On David Jones
3. The
Myth-Kitty
4. Hunter and Shaman
5. Counter-Revolution
6. Second Nature (Paul
Valéry)
7. Edmund Wilson and Mario Praz
8. Northrop Frye
9. Sillies
10. The
One Orderly Product (E. M. Forster)
11. Puzzles and Epiphanies (James Joyce)
12. A Short View of Musil
13. Pasternak
14. The Interpretation of the Times
(Christopher Isherwoord and Anthony Powell)
15. Old Orders Changing (Allen
Tate and Giuseppe di Lampedusa)
16. Henry Miller and John Betjeman
17.
Beckett, Snow, and Pure Poverty
18. Mr. Waughs Cities
19. Mr. Greenes Eggs
and Crosses
20. Fit Audience (J. D. Salinger)
21. Mr. Wilsons People
22.
William Golding
23. Durrell and Others
24. Nabokovs Bend Sinister
