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A Companion to Under the Volcano

Christopher Ackerley Lawrence J. Clipper

485 Pages

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About the Book

An item-by-item discussion of the innumerable, often obscure details of Malcolm Lowry's novel, this book comprises 1,600 notes covering some 7,000 specific points. The notes are keyed to page numbers in the Penguin paperback and the two standard hardback editions. The appendices include a glossary, bibliography, maps of the region, and an index of motifs.

In their comprehensive but unpedantic commentary on the novel's complexities, the authors' emphasis is on the narrative level. All points of obscurity are followed by an interpretation of fact. Thus references are noted to films, books, places, foreign languages, and national and tribal histories. Special attention is given to the literary, mystical, and Mexican background.

About the Author(s)

Chris Ackerley is a lecturer in the English department of the University of Otago, New Zealand.

Lawrence J. Clipper is a professor in the English department at Indiana University, South Bend.

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Note on the Text

Introduction

Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve

Appendices
1. References
2. Glossary
3. The Cabbala
4. Maps

Index

Reviews

Treasure house of riches ... send[s] readers back to the novel with fresh perceptions.

- Ronald Binns, Canadian Literature

An important reference work that not only establishes the right context of relevant knowledge for proper
understanding of the text, but also makes its own Lowry criticism.

- J.H. Ferris, Choice

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