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No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage or retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the publisher. For information contact:  \nBloom’s Literary Criticism  \nAn imprint of Infobase Publishing  \n132 West 31st Street New York NY 10001  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data  \nThe grotesque / edited and with an introduction by Harold Bloom ; volume editor, Blake Hobby.  \n[p. cm](p. cm).—(Bloom’s literary themes) Includes bibliographical references and index.  \nISBN 978-0-7910-9802-8 (acid-free paper) 1. Grotesque in literature. I. Bloom, Harold. II. Hobby, Blake.  \nPN56 .G7G76 2009  \n809’.915—dc22 2008042984  \nBloom’s Literary Criticism books are available at special discounts when purchased in bulk quantities for businesses, associations, institutions, or sales promotions. Please call our Special Sales Department in New York at (212) 967-8800 or (800) 322-8755.  \nYou can find Bloom’s Literary Criticism on the World Wide Web at [http://www.chelseahouse.com](http://www.chelseahouse.com)  \nCover design by Takeshi Takahashi Text design by Kerry Casey  \nPrinted in the united States of America IBT eJB 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1  \nThis book is printed on acid-free paper.  \n, Contents .  \nSeries Introduction by Harold Bloom: xi  \nThemes and Metaphors  \nVolume Introduction by Harold Bloom xv  \nThe American and European Grotesque 1  \n“Notes on the Grotesque: Anderson, Brecht, and  \nWilliams”by James Schevill, in Twentieth Century  \nLiterature (1977)  \nAs I Lay Dying (William Faulkner) 13  \n“ ‘Great God, What They Got in That Wagon?’: Grotesque Intrusions in As I Lay Dying” by Michael  \nGillum  \nThe Bacchae (Euripides) 23  \n“The Bacchae” by Siegfried Melchinger (Trans. Samuel R. Rosenbaum), in Euripides (1973)  \nThe Birds (Aristophanes) 33  \n“Empire and the Grotesque in Aristophanes’ The Birds”  \nby Khalil M. Habib  \nCandide (Voltaire) 41  \n“Optimism” by Voltaire (Trans. William F. Fleming), in Voltaire’s Philosophical Dictionary, Vol. IV (1910)  \nviii Contents  \nDon Quixote (Miguel de Cervantes) 49 “Heine on Cervantes and the Don Quixote” by  \nHeinrich Heine, in Temple Bar,  \n(1876)  \nEdgar Allan Poe’s Short Stories (Edgar Allan Poe) 57 “The Grotesque in the Age of Romanticism: Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque” by Wolfgang Kayser (Trans. Ulrich Weisstein), in The Grotesque in Art and Literature (1981)  \nFrankenstein (Mary Shelley) 65 “Elements of the Grotesque in Mary Shelley’s  \nFrankenstein” by Robert C. Evans  \n“Good Country People”(Flannery O’Connor) 75  \n“A Sharp Eye for the Grotesque in Flannery  \nO’Connor’s ‘Good Country People’ ” by Robert C.  \nEvans  \nGulliver’s Travels ( Jonathan Swift) 87 “The Political Significance of Gulliver’s Travels” by  \nC.H. Firth, in The Proceedings of the British Academy  \n(1919)  \nHenry IV, Part 1 (William Shakespeare) 97 “The Grotesque in Henry IV, Part 1” by John Kerr  \nInferno (Dante Alighieri) 109  \n“Grotesque Renaissance” by John Ruskin, in The Stones of Venice, Volume the Third: The Fall (1880)  \nKing Lear (William Shakespeare) 115 “King Lear and the Comedy of the Grotesque” by G.  \nWilson Knight, in Twentieth Century Interpretations of King Lear: A Collection of Critical Essays (1978)  \nContents ix  \nThe Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka) 135 “Aspects of the Grotesque in Franz Kafka’s  \nThe Metamorphosis” by Robert","cbCaitCZqEbte1Y5","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaitCZqEbte1Y5","pdf",1259196,237,"English","# Series Introduction by Harold Bloom\n## Themes and Metaphors\n# Volume Introduction by Harold Bloom\n## The American and European Grotesque\n# Selected Works and Essays\n## Notes on the Grotesque: Anderson, Brecht, and Williams\n## As I Lay Dying\n## The Bacchae\n## The Birds\n## Candide\n## Don Quixote\n## Edgar Allan Poe’s Short Stories\n## Frankenstein\n## Good Country People\n## Gulliver’s Travels\n## Henry IV, Part 1\n## Inferno\n## King Lear\n## The Metamorphosis\n## Miss Lonelyhearts\n## The Mysterious Stranger\n## The Overcoat\n## Revelation\n## Six Characters in Search of an Author\n## Winesburg, Ohio\n# Acknowledgments\n# Index","[{\"question\":\"Who edited and introduced this volume on “The Grotesque”?\",\"answer\":\"Harold Bloom edited the volume and provided the introduction. 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