Patrick A. McCarthy is a professor of English and the the editor of James Joyce Literary Supplement at the University of Miami. His books include The Riddles of "Finnegans Wake," Olaf Stapledon, "Ulysses: Portals of Discovery, and an edition of Lowry's La Mordida.
McCarthy shows extensive knowledge of secondary sources on Lowry
and any critic could learn something from his account of patterns
of correspondence at work in Lowrys' texts. . . . Forests of
Symbols provides a substantial investigation of the question it
raises concerning the relationship between Lowry's life and his
works.-- "Yearbook of English Studies"
McCarthy treats his subject with dignity, elegance, and depth. . .
. In sum, Forests of Symbols is to be praised for its lucidity and
insightfulness. It will prove to be necessary reading for Lowry
scholars, yet will also be of interest to students approaching
Lowry's dark yet illuminating fictions for the first time.--
"Modern Fiction Studies"
Showing excellent judgment, McCarthy reads as a metafictionist. . .
. Inspired as well as painstaking, McCarthy explains the influence
of Marlowe, Shelley, and Jung on his man; he describes the 'highly
textual existence' of the people in Under the Volcano; finally he
concludes his distinguished study with fifty pages of meaty back
matter.-- "Choice"
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