• "Bad Faith: A Psychological Look at Grendel": Part of a dynamic educational page by Tom Hall, Professor of English at Valparaiso University, this essay models a response to an essay question; it demonstrates why Grendel "is a brilliant vehicle for Gardner's dissection of the loopholes in Sartre's definition of consciousness as nothingness." Scroll to view.
• Grendel discussion string from David Hodge's (Originally Ian York's) "Book of the Month" Literary E-mail List.
• "What's Eating William Gass?" by Gary Percesepe (Mississippi Review, July 1995): This review of William Gass's novel The Tunnel mentions John Gardner's dissatisfaction with Gass's literary sensibilities.

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