Under the Volcano Summary
Malcolm Lowry

Biography EssayMalcolm Lowry's reputation rests largely on a single novel, Under the Volcano (1947), the semiautobiographical account of an expatriate Englishman's disintegration through despair and ... Read more

Malcolm Lowry's reputation rests largely on a single novel, Under the Volcano (1947), the semi-autobiographical account of an expatriate Englishman's disintegration through despair and dipsomania in M... Read more

In the following excerpt, Edmonds recounts the details and blissful qualities of Geoffrey Firmin's drinking binge in Malcolm Lowry's Under the Volcano. My thoughts toward this paper b... Read more

In the following essay, Wild investigates Malcolm Lowry's complex use of the sea—primarily as a symbolic place of healing—in his novel Under the Volcano. On the surface it woul... Read more