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; Note to the Second Impression;
Chapter I Poet and Dancer before
Diaghilev;
Chapter II On David Jones;
Chapter III The Myth-Kitty;
Chapter IV
Hunter and Shaman;
Chapter V Counter-Revolution;
Chapter VI Second Nature,
Valéry;
Chapter VII Edmund Wilson and Mario Praz;
Chapter VIII Northrop Frye;
Chapter IX Sillies;
Chapter X The One Orderly Product, E. M. Forster;
Chapter
XI Puzzles and Epiphanies, James Joyce;
Chapter XII A Short View of Musil;
Chapter XIII Pasternak;
Chapter XIV The Interpretation of the Times,
Isherwood, Powell;
Chapter XV Old Orders Changing, Tate, Lampedusa;
Chapter
XVI Henry Miller and John Betjeman;
Chapter XVII Beckett, Snow, and Pure
Poverty;
Chapter XVIII Mr. Waughs Cities;
Chapter XIX Mr. Greenes Eggs and
Crosses;
Chapter XX Fit Audience, J. D. Salinger;
Chapter XXI Mr. Wilsons
People;
Chapter XXII William Golding;
Chapter XXIII Durrell and Others;
Chapter XXIV Nabokovs Bend Sinister;
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