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John Gardner

Gardner, John

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24 featured booksGardner, John

John Champlin Gardner Jr. was an American novelist, essayist, literary critic, and university professor. He is best known for his 1971 novel Grendel, a retelling of the Beowulf myth from the monster's point of view.

OL242980A

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    John Gardner

  • Personal name

    Gardner, John

  • Source identifier

    OL242980A

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  • The life & times of Chaucer

    Representative edition published 2016

    Open Work
  • Freddy's book

    Representative edition published 2016

    Open Work
  • Nickel mountain

    Representative edition published 2016

    Open Work
  • La symphonie des spectres

    Representative edition published 2012

    Open Work
  • Licence To Kill

    Representative edition published 2012

    Open Work
  • Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

    Representative edition published 2011

    Open Work
  • Dragon, dragon, and other tales

    Representative edition published 2010

    Open Work
  • Freddy's Book

    Representative edition published 2007

    Open Work
  • Nickel Mountain

    Representative edition published 2007

    Open Work
  • Sunlight Dialogue

    Representative edition published 2006

    Open Work
  • Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Copper Level

    Representative edition published 2005

    Open Work
  • October Light

    Representative edition published 2005

    Open Work
  • On Writers & Writing

    Representative edition published 2003

    Open Work
  • Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

    Representative edition published 2002

    Open Work
  • On Becoming a Novelist

    Representative edition published 2001

    Open Work
  • On moral fiction

    Representative edition published 2000

    Open Work
  • Prentice Hall Literature--Copper

    Representative edition published 2000

    Open Work
  • Lies! lies! lies!

    Representative edition published 1999

    Open Work
  • On writers and writing

    Representative edition published 1995

    Open Work
  • The Art of Fiction

    Representative edition published 1991

    Open Work
  • Conversations with John Gardner

    Representative edition published 1990

    Open Work
  • The art of living

    Representative edition published 1989

    Open Work
  • Mickelsson's Ghosts

    Representative edition published 1989

    Open Work
  • The Sunlight Dialogues

    Representative edition published 1987

    Open Work