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Grove, Dana (1989). A Rhetorical Analysis of Under the Volcano: Malcolm Lowry's Design Governing Postures. Edwin Mellen Press. ISBN 978-0-88946-929-7.
Asals, Frederick (1997). The Making of Malcolm Lowry's Under the Volcano. University of Georgia Press. ISBN 978-0-8203-1826-4.
Gabrial, Jan (2000). Inside the Volcano: My Life with Malcolm Lowry. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-312-23277-1.
Ackerley, Chris; Clipper, Lawrence Jon (1984). A Companion to Under the Volcano. UBC Press. ISBN 978-0-7748-0199-7.
McCarthy, Patrick A.; Tiessen, Paul (1997). Joyce/Lowry: Critical Perspectives. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 978-0-8131-2002-7.
Grace, Sherrill E. (1992). Swinging the Maelstrom: New Perspectives on Malcolm Lowry. McGill-Queens. ISBN 978-0-7735-0862-0.
Bradbrook, M. C. (1975). Malcolm Lowry: His Art and Early Life: A Study in Transformation. CUP Archive. ISBN 978-0-521-09985-1.

"Semi-autobiographical"

User:Drmies removed "semi-autobiographical" from the lead, with the edit summary "i disagree. 'semi-autobiographical' is too easy to thrown around".

That may be a valid opinion, but critics and reviewers seem to use "semi-autobiographical" as the primary adjective to describe the book. At Wikipedia, aren't we supposed to rely on third-party sources, and not our own opinions? CüRlyTüRkey^Talk_Contribs 06:11, 21 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

plot summery a little long?

is a chapter by chapter summery of the book appropriate for Wikipedia? should Wikipedia act as a kind of Spark Notes for people too lazy to read the book? Spark Notes is online, after all, and an encyclopaedia serves a different purpose.

76.19.63.222 (talk) 03:50, 17 April 2014 (UTC) Michael Christian[reply]

Agree entirely. Spark Notes have their own function. A wikipedia plot summary should be exactly that - without spoilers too, as with detective thrillers. Valetude (talk) 15:37, 13 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Mobile version on Wikipedia

Wikipedia displays a crap mobile version of this web page on a high resolution tablet. Why?

Murder and Body

In the summary it says the Consul is killed and his killers "throw his body into a ditch." This isn't quite right as it is noted a few times that the Farolito cantina is perched on the edge of a deep precipice, viz:

"he approached the open window on his right. It was almost a sheer drop to the bottom of the ravine. [...] the sheer height was terrifying" p339

So, at the end as he dies, I think the implication is that he is thrown off the edge of the cliff, into the "abyss" (which is also a recurring image.) In fact, great heights in general are a theme of the final chapter.

Also, when the dead dog follows him in his descent, in the very last line, the word "ravine" is used.

So, it's pretty unambiguous that this plunge takes place into something more profound and dramatic than just a "ditch."

Z0s (talk) 17:19, 31 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Wholly agree. Thanks for spotting that. Martinevans123 (talk) 21:49, 29 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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