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William Golding's Lord of the flies / edited & with an introduction by Harold Bloom.

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New York : Bloom's Literary Criticism, c2010.

Golding, William, 1911-1993. Lord of the flies.

Shipwreck survival in literature.

9781604138146 (hardcover : alk. paper)

1604138149 (hardcover : alk. paper)

Bloom's guides.

113 p. ; 23 cm.

Biographical sketch -- The story behind the story -- List of characters -- Summary and analysis -- Critical views: David Anderson on Golding's difficult Christianity -- Kathleen Woodard discusses the capacity for evil in children -- Arnold Kruger takes a new look at the character of Simon -- James R. Baker considers Golding, Huxley, and modernity -- Berthold Schoene-Harwood on destructive masculinity in Lord of the flies -- Paul Crawford on human depravity in the novel -- Mark Kinkead-Weekes and Ian Gregor address the symbolism of the conch -- Paula Alida Ray on the absence of the female in Lord of the flies -- Theodore Dalrymple reflects on human depravity in the novel -- Peter Edgerly Firchow examines the implausible beginning and ending of Lord of the flies -- Works by William Golding -- Annotated bibliography.

An overview of the novel features a biographical sketch of the author, a list of characters, a summary of the plot, and critical and analytical views of the work.

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