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Stuart, Sarah Clarke.

Literary Lost : viewing television through the lens of literature / by Sarah Clarke Stuart. - New York : Continuum, 2011. - vi, 167 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The books of Lost -- "Are you there, God?" : faith, sacrifice and redemption -- Who has the power over the clay? purpose, fate and free will -- Stuck and "unstuck" in time : a tradition of time travel -- "Fathers, provoke not your children to wrath" : Lost parents -- "We're all mad here" : dreams, illusions and the nature of reality -- "Maybe there is a beast-- maybe it's only us" : group dynamics and the communities of Lost -- A conclusion : the purpose of "stories that aren't even true".

9781441140807 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1441140808 (hardcover : alk. paper)


Lost (Television program)


Television and literature.

PN1992.77.L67 / S78 2011

791.4572 / S78