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'The novels I shall concentrate on in discussing messiahs and millennia in Stow's work are To the Islands, Tourmaline, Visitants, and The Girl Green as Elderflower. Tourmaline and Visitants are the two which most clearly relate to millenarian themes. Tourmaline records the growth, and collapse, of a millenarian cult centred on the messianic or would-be messianic figure of the diviner Michael Random. Visitants is a structurally more complex exploration of three millenarian visions and their communal and personal repercussions, although the connotations of the title are not restricted to cargo or flying saucer cults.' (Publication abstract)
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Messiahs and Millennia in Randolph Stow's Novels
Kunapipi
Kunapipi
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- To the Islands 1958 single work novel
- The Girl Green as Elderflower 1980 single work novel
- Visitants 1979 single work novel
- Tourmaline 1963 single work novel
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