Ford Madox Ford Essays
Maddeningly Military: Ford's Depiction of Edward's Traits and Profession College
The Good Soldier
Ford Madox Ford’s The Good Soldier depicts professional soldiers, represented in the character of Captain Edward Ashburnham, as deeply troubled individuals who hide their real struggles beneath a veneer of professionalism and convention. The novel...
Parallels Between Dowell’s Relationships and Narrative Style
The Good Soldier
Narration is a critical aspect of Ford’s The Good Soldier. Since the narrator also serves as one of the main characters, his narrative perspective becomes even more interesting to the reader. One of the most fascinating aspects of Dowell’s...
The Good Soldier as a Modernist Work College
The Good Soldier
During the Modern period, writers were concerned with discarding Victorian literary traditions, addressing new topics and using new forms. Many of them had become disillusioned by the devastation of the First World War, and they were fed up with...
Expressionistic Themes in The Good Soldier College
The Good Soldier
According to Murray Baumgarten, “the narrator of the expressionist novel no longer worries about the ‘real’ world (422).” Instead, the narrator of the expressionist novel is concerned with the creation of a new, almost illusionary, and composite...