Lord of the Flies

1954 Golding, William [Gerald] (1911-1993). Lord of the Flies. London: Faber & Faber. 248 pp. U.S. ed. New York: Coward-McCann, 1955. Rpt. New York: Capricorn Books/G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1959), with “Notes on Lord of the Flies, by E[dmund] L. Epstein (249-255); Illus. with stills from the Peter Brook film. London: Faber and Faber, 1962. 248 pp. + 4 pp. of stills; rpt. New York: Coward-McCann, 1962, with an Introduction by E. M. Forster (vii-xii) an ), and “Lord of the Flies Selected Highlights of Critical Analysis” (297-315); Ed. John R. Baker and Alfred P. Ziegler (New York: Wideview/Perigee Books/ Putnam Publishing Group, 1964), 1-187, with a Foreword by Ziegler (ix-xii), an Introduction by Baker (xiii-xxiv), An Interview with William Golding by James Keating (189-195), “The Meaning of It All” [An interview with Golding by Frank Kermode] originally published in Books and Bookmen 5 (October 1959): 9-10 (197-201); an excerpt from “The Novels of William Golding” by Frank Kermode originally published in The International Literary Annual 3 (1991): 11-29 (203-206), the 1962 Forster Introduction (207-210); “Simon” by Donald R. Spangler (211-215), a slightly shortened “The Coral Island Revisited” by Carl Niemeyer originally published in College English 22 (January 1961): 241-245 (217-223); “A World of Violence and Small Boys” by J. T. C. Golding [Golding’s Bother]. Excerpt from a letter to James R. Baker (December 4, 1962) (225-227); Part of “The Fables of William Golding” by John Peter originally published in The Kenyon Review 19 (Autumn 1957: 577-592 (229-234); “Introduction” to the School Edition of Lord of the Flies by Ian Gregor and Mark Kinkead-Weekes originally published (London: Faber and Faber, 1962), i-xii (235-243); Part of “an Old Story Well Told” by William R. Mueller originally published in The Christian Century 80 (October 2, 1963) 1203-1206 (245-251); “Is Golding Calvinistic? A more optimistic interpretation of the symbolism in Lord of the Flies” by Thomas Marcellus Coskren, O.P. originally published in America: The National Catholic Weekly Review 109 (July 6, 1963): 18-20 (253-260); “‘Men of a Smaller Growth’: A Psychological Analysis of William Golding’s Lord of the Flies” by Claire Rosenfield revised from the original publication in Literature and Psychology 11 (Autumn 1961): 93-101 (261-276); E[dmund] L. Epstein’s “Notes on Lord of the Flies” (277-281); “Lord of the Campus” originally published in Time 79 (June 22, 1962): 64 (283-285); an “A Checklist of Publications Relevant to Lord of the Flies” (287-291; New York: Penguin Putnam, 1999. 50^th anniversary ed. Illus. Ben Gibson. New York: Perigree/Berkley Publishing Group/Penguin Group (USA), 2003, with Forster’s 1962 Introduction (vii-xii); E[dmund] L. Epstein’s 1959 “Notes on Lord of the Flies” (287-295), and “Lord of the Flies Selected Highlights of Critical Analysis” (297-315); (New York: Penguin Books, 2016), 1-261, with a “Foreword” by Lois Lowry (xi-xv), an “Introduction” by Stephen King (xvii-xxii) and rpt. from the London: Faber & Faber, 2011 edition, “On Reading and Teaching Lord of the Flies” by Jennifer Buehler (263-276), “Suggestions for Further Exploration” by Jennifer Buehler (277-293), “Introduction to the 1962 Edition” by E.M. Forster (295-300), and “Notes on Lord of the Flies from the 1959 Edition” by E[dmund] L. Epstein (301-307). Adapted for the stage by Nigel Williams. London: Faber and Faber, 1996, with an introduction “Story Master” by Williams on vii-xi. Films in 1963 directed and with a screenplay by Peter Brook (b. 1925) and in 1990 directed by Harry Hook with the screenplay by Jay [Jacqueline] Presson Allen (1932-2006) writing as Sara Schiff [pseud.]. A TV takeoff on the book appeared as “Das Bus.” The Simpsons. Season 9, Episode 14 (February 15, 1998), written by David S. Cohen in which Bart, Lisa and other children from Springfield Elementary School are stranded on an island and are forced to work together. DLC, MoU-St

Dystopia. Boys left alone on an island revert to a violent, primitive existence showing that civilization is only a veneer. For a satire on political correctness using Lord of the Flies, see Joe Keohane. “Politically Correct ‘Lord of Flies’.” The New Yorker (September 9, 2005). http://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/politically-correct-lord-of-the-flies. A utopia preceding Golding with children stranded on an island is 1926 George. One following Golding with children stranded on an island trope but with girls is 1989 Wiggins.