Le Stryge, etching (1853) by Charles Meryon

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“Le Stryge”, Charles Meryon’s 1853 etching of one of Violloet-Le-Duc’s gargoyles perched on one of the balustrades of Notre Dame de Paris, which Golding acknowledged as one of the inspirations for the egoistic character of Dean Jocelin, protagonist of “The Spire”.

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Transcending Allegory: William Golding’s “THE SPIRE” (part 1)

Allegory, the use of symbolic figures or actions to convey abstract, often moral, principles or ideas, can, in the hands of a skillful writer, add a layer of meaning to a narrative. But, how skilled t...