John Gardner

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human literary critic novelist university teacher

John Gardner was an American novelist and literary critic best known for works like "Grendel" and "The Sunlight Dialogues," as well as for his influential writings on the craft and morality of fiction.

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John Gardner canonical 1
John Gardner (American writer) 1

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literary critic ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
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basedOn Beowulf ⓘ
surface form: Beowulf (for the novel "Grendel")
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
educatedAt DePauw University ⓘ
University of Iowa ⓘ
Washington University in St. Louis ⓘ
employer Bennington College ⓘ
California State University, Chico ⓘ
surface form: Chico State College

Southern Illinois University ⓘ
surface form: Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Binghamton University ⓘ
surface form: State University of New York at Binghamton
fieldOfWork creative writing ⓘ
literary theory ⓘ
genre essay ⓘ
fiction ⓘ
literary criticism ⓘ
influenced John Irving ⓘ
Raymond Carver ⓘ
Tobias Wolff ⓘ
influencedBy Fyodor Dostoevsky ⓘ
Geoffrey Chaucer ⓘ
William Faulkner ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement postmodern literature ⓘ
notableIdea moral fiction ⓘ
notableWork Freddy’s Book ⓘ
Grendel ⓘ
In the Suicide Mountains ⓘ
Mickelsson’s Ghosts ⓘ
Nickel Mountain ⓘ
October Light ⓘ
On Becoming a Novelist ⓘ
On Moral Fiction ⓘ
Stillness and Shadows ⓘ
The Art of Fiction ⓘ
The Art of Living and Other Stories ⓘ
The King’s Indian ⓘ
The Resurrection ⓘ
The Sunlight Dialogues ⓘ
The Wreckage of Agathon ⓘ
occupation literary critic ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
professor ⓘ
wroteAbout craft of fiction ⓘ
ethics in literature ⓘ
responsibility of the writer ⓘ

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subject surface form: Roberta Muldoon
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