William Golding's definition of the irrational: a study of themes and images.

Abstract

It is the purpose of this thesis to analyze and explicate William Golding's first five novels in an effort to clarify his philosophic views and to extricate these novels from the mass of mediocre criticism which has literally buried four of the novels published after Lord of the Flies. It is not the aim of this thesis to place Golding at the top of the ranks of the modern novelists; it is, however, the aim to evaluate Golding's first five works in an attempt to place these novels in their proper sphere.