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52-626: Hadley Upland is to the east of Marguerite Bay in Graham Land on the Fallières Coast of the Antarctic Peninsula . Godfrey Upland is to the south, Traffic Circle , Mercator Ice Piedmont and Mobiloil Inlet are to the east, Solberg Inlet and Joerg Peninsula are to the north east and Walton Peak is to the north. Gibbs Glacier flows along the northeast side of the upland. Windy Valley and Lammers Glacier define

104-419: A pagan symbol into the naturalistic treatment of it as a sign of a physical threat to the spire. Mistletoe grows on living oak trees – if the wood used in the building is unseasoned, the mistletoe will continue to grow on it, revealing a scientifically explicable danger. Goody's red hair can be seen as symbolic for a number of things. Sexual dreams, female sexuality, the devil, lust and desire being some of

156-425: A black dress, black hair, eyes and make-up, with mainly small features. Her wealth and sexuality is presented through her pearls and perfume and she takes care of her appearance, having smooth skin with fine lines, despite her age. The workmen are referred to as " an army " and Jocelin is confronted numerous times by those who disagree with the disruption they cause. Pangall is their eventual sacrifice, buried "beneath

208-490: A grace period in order to finish the novel for English and American publication by December of the same year. However, by November he 'confessed that he was in "a state of misery" over the novel'. One reason for his discontent may have been Golding's longstanding 'terror of adverse criticism' as well as his editor, Charles Monteith , repeatedly asking him to co-edit an anthology of modern poetry with W. H. Auden and discouraging him from writing his own poetry collection. After

260-564: A group of insular, ice-covered rocks that rise to about 250 cm above sea level in the southwest part of Marguerite Bay, east-southeast of Terminal Island. The rocks were roughly charted from RRS association with Mushroom Island and Puffball Islands . Endurance Reef is a reef in Marguerite Bay, lying 8 miles (13 km) west of Red Rock Ridge . The name is after HMS Endurance which at this position in February 1972 struck

312-410: A lecturing trip to America in February and March 1963, Golding found that he was still struggling to write when he returned, and worried greatly about both the novel's narrative and its relevance to a contemporary audience. As tended to be the case, Golding's fears were ultimately unnecessary; Monteith and Peter du Sautoy liked the typescript but agreed that it required editing. Golding was pleased at

364-485: A rock in a depth of 2 metres (7 ft). The area was surveyed by boats from the Endurance in 1973 when similar depths were found up to 1 mile (1.6 km) south-southwest of the rock. Harvey Shoals ( 68°11′S 67°9′W  /  68.183°S 67.150°W  / -68.183; -67.150 ) are three shoal patches located between Miller Island and Northstar Island in Marguerite Bay. They were charted by

416-520: A west-northwest – east-southeast direction for 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) and lying close south of Neny Fjord. They are bounded to the east by Remus Glacier, to the south by Romulus Glacier, and are separated from Red Rock Ridge to the west by Safety Col. First roughly surveyed in 1936 by the BGLE under Rymill. Resurveyed in 1948-49 by the FIDS, and so named by them because the black cliffs of

468-436: Is a 1964 novel by English author William Golding . "A dark and powerful portrait of one man's will", it deals with the construction of a 404-foot-high spire loosely based on Salisbury Cathedral , the vision of the fictional Dean Jocelin. In the novel, Golding utilises stream-of-consciousness writing with an omniscient but increasingly fallible narrator to show Jocelin's demise as he chooses to follow his own will as opposed to

520-497: Is buried in Salisbury Cathedral . Roger Mason, a medieval Master Mason, is, in direct contrast to Jocelin, physically powerful and a rationalist. He is associated with the imagery of a bull and a stallion. Roger contends with Jocelin, arguing that the cathedral foundations are insufficient to support the spire. He is forced to continue with the project because Jocelin makes it impossible for him to work elsewhere. After

572-403: Is horrified when he discovers Goody is embarking upon an affair with Roger Mason. Tortured by envy and guilt, Jocelin finds himself unable to pray. He is repulsed by his sexual thoughts, referred to as "the devil" during his dreams. The Cathedral building, its ordered life, and the lives of the people around Jocelin are disrupted because of the intractable problems arising from the construction of

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624-428: Is increasingly afflicted by pain in his spine (which the reader gradually comes to realise is the result of tuberculosis ). Jocelin interprets the burning heat in his back as an angel, alternately comforting or punishing him depending on the warmth or pain he feels. Jocelin's obsession blinds him to reality as he neglects his duties as Dean, fails to pray and ignores the people who need him the most. The pit dug to explore

676-689: The York Notes Advanced series. Reviews by Frank Kermode and David Skilton are included in William Golding: Novels 1954–1967. Don Crompton, in A View from the Spire: William Golding's Later Novels, analyses the novel and relates it to its pagan and mythical elements. More recently, Mark Kinkead-Weekes and Ian Gregor cover all of William Golding's novels in William Golding: A Critical Study of

728-479: The mistletoe that he was a pagan sacrifice buried at the Crossing by the builders to secure their luck against the stupidity of continuing the work. Goody Pangall dies in childbirth, bearing Roger Mason's child. Roger becomes a drunkard and at the end Jocelin dies of his illness, though only after first hearing from his aunt that his appointment was due only to her sexual influence, not to his merits. Before he dies,

780-427: The quadrant (the forerunner of the sextant ), in 1730–31. Download coordinates as: Features and nearby features include: 68°18′S 67°08′W  /  68.300°S 67.133°W  / -68.300; -67.133 . A conspicuous reddish-colored promontory which rises to 690 metres (2,260 ft) high and projects from the west coast of Graham Land between Neny Fjord and Rymill Bay. Surveyed in 1936 by

832-564: The BGE under Rymill. Resurveyed in 1948-49 by the FIDS who applied the name. This mountain lies near the heads of Romulus and Remus Glaciers, and the name derives from the mythological story of the she-wolf which fed these twins after they had been thrown into the Tiber. 68°27′S 66°15′W  /  68.450°S 66.250°W  / -68.450; -66.250 . A prominent ice-covered mountain 1,845 metres (6,053 ft) high which rises from

884-631: The BGLE under John Rymill , who so named it because of its color. Further surveys in 1948 by the FIDS have identified this ridge as the feature first sighted in 1909 and named "Ile Pavie" or "Cap Pavie" by the FrAE under Charcot, but the name Red Rock Ridge is now too firmly established to alter. The name Pavie Ridge has been assigned to the prominent rocky ridge at 68°34'S, 66°59'W. 68°20′S 66°57′W  /  68.333°S 66.950°W  / -68.333; -66.950 . A snow-covered col, 185 metres (607 ft) high high, between Red Rock Ridge and

936-649: The BGLE under John Rymill, and resurveyed in 1948-49 by the FIDS. The name was apparently first used by members of the RARE, 1947-48, under Finn Ronne, and the FIDS, and derives from its location near Neny Fjord, and its resemblance to the Swiss Matterhorn . 68°25′S 66°53′W  /  68.417°S 66.883°W  / -68.417; -66.883 . A mountain, 1,190 metres (3,900 ft) high, with notched and precipitous sides, standing between Romulus Glacier and Bertrand Ice Piedmont. Charted and named by

988-473: The BGLE under Rymill, 1934-37. 68°26′S 66°43′W  /  68.433°S 66.717°W  / -68.433; -66.717 . A flat- topped, ice-covered mountain over 1,625 metres (5,331 ft) high, standing between Romulus Glacier and Martin Glacier close east-southeast of Black Thumb and 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) east of the head of Rymill Bay. First roughly surveyed in 1936 by

1040-523: The Blackwall Mountains. First surveyed in 1936 by the BGLE under John Rymill . Resurveyed in 1948–49 by the FIDS, and so named by them because the col affords a safe sledging route between Neny Fjord and Rymill Bay when there is open water off the west end of Red Rock Ridge. 68°22′S 66°48′W  /  68.367°S 66.800°W  / -68.367; -66.800 . Mountains rising to 1,370 metres (4,490 ft) high, extending in

1092-502: The Hydrographic Survey Unit from RRS John Biscoe in 1966, and were named for Petty Officer Brian E. Harvey , the surveying recorder who carried out all the sounding for this survey. This Fallières Coast location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Adelaide Island location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . The Spire The Spire

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1144-472: The Novels. Recent interest includes comparisons between The Spire and Brexit and as an example of contemporary historical fiction. "A most remarkable book, as unforeseeable as one foresaw, an entire original ... remote from the mainstream, potent, severe, even forbidding." – Frank Kermode, New York Review of Books , 30 April 1964. Canadian-British director Roger Spottiswoode optioned The Spire in

1196-417: The bullying workmen, Jocelin becomes tormented by sexual desire, usually triggered by the sight of Goody's red hair. Comparisons between Goody and Rachel, Roger Mason's wife, are made throughout the novel. Jocelin believes Goody sets an example to Rachel, whom he dislikes for her garrulousness and for revealing that her marriage to Roger remains unconsummated. However, Jocelin overestimates Goody's purity, and

1248-507: The crossways" with mistletoe between his ribs. The mistletoe can be viewed as a metaphor in terms of horror and the word "obscene" occurs several times (the Druids' idea that the berries were the semen of the Gods may well contribute to Jocelin's revulsion). "The riotous confusion of its branches" is alarming as well as is Jocelin's disgust at the berry on his shoe. Golding weaves the mistletoe as

1300-519: The death of Goody, Roger becomes an alcoholic. In a moment of clarity, Jocelin visits Roger and we eventually learn of his suicide attempt. Rachel Mason is Roger's wife. She reveals to Jocelin the reason why they cannot have children as attempts at sex result in fits of giggles. Pangall is the crippled and impotent cathedral servant. He is mocked because of his impotency by the workmen. Goody, who acts as an important object of love and lust, ultimately dies while giving birth. Jocelin initially sees her as

1352-417: The destruction of his self-confidence and ambition. As the construction of the spire draws to an end, Jocelin is removed from his position as Dean and his abandonment of his religious duties is denounced by the church Council. Ultimately, he succumbs to his illness which he had personified as his guardian angel. Jocelin may have been named after Josceline de Bohon , Bishop of Salisbury from 1142 to 1184, who

1404-405: The end of the novel, when Father Adam becomes Jocelin's caretaker, he is largely a minor character who is surprised by how Jocelin was never taught to pray, doing his best to help him to heaven. A wealthy mistress of the late King, we learn how the money funding the spire was a result of this affair. With the appearance of a "tiny woman – not much larger than a child", she is plump and pale, wearing

1456-536: The foundations at the Cathedral crossing becomes a place where chthonic forces surge, as the four tower pillars begin to 'sing'. Jocelin also struggles with his unacknowledged lust for Goody Pangall, the wife of the crippled and impotent cathedral servant, Pangall. Jocelin seems at first to see Goody as his daughter in God. However, as the novel progresses, and Goody's husband is tormented and ridiculed as their 'fool' by

1508-443: The ground (and further away from his church and his role as God's voice on earth). Jocelin's degrading spine can be seen as a micro-macro analogy to the unstable spire. He believes the former manifests as the presence of his angel on his back whereas the latter is the will of God. His narcissism is belied by these failing structures he reinterprets to maintain his worldview. The Spire is subject to critical analysis by Steve Eddy in

1560-619: The highest rising to 1,370 metres (4,490 ft). It lies close north of the Traffic Circle on the northwestern side of Mercator Ice Piedmont, Antarctic Peninsula. First observed by Finn Ronne and Carl Eklund of the United States Antarctic Service, 1939-41, from their sledge route through the Traffic Circle. Surveyed by FIDS in 1947. Named by UK-APC after Claudius Ptolemy (2nd century A.D.), Egyptian mathematician, astronomer and geographer, who introduced

1612-485: The mid-1990s, originally intending to adapt it for screen and cited as a project in development. In November 2012, a play adaptation by Spottiswoode was premiered at the Salisbury Playhouse , directed by Gareth Minchin. An audiobook version, voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch , was released by Faber & Faber Audio in 2014. Excerpts from Cumberbatch's reading are included in an introductory film on

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1664-508: The model of it as a man lying on his back. Religious imagery is used towards the end of the novel, where Jocelin lies dying. Jocelin declares "it's like the apple-tree!", making a reference to the Garden of Eden and Humanity's first sin of temptation but also perhaps the pagan ideas that have been constantly threaded into Jocelin's mind as he spends more and more time up in the Spire, raised above

1716-413: The mountains facing Rymill Bay remain snow free throughout the year. 68°19′S 66°53′W  /  68.317°S 66.883°W  / -68.317; -66.883 . A small isolated rock tower, 825 metres (2,707 ft) high, on the south side of Neny Fjord, standing close south of The Spire at the northwest end of the Blackwall Mountains. First surveyed in 1936 by the BGLE under John Rymill. It

1768-474: The news, and Monteith sent back edits which suggested splitting the novel into chapters; by 17 July 1963, Golding reported that he had reworked the first three chapters and was confident he would finish the book over the next fortnight. However, Golding first had to attend a conference by 'COMES, the European community of writers' and, despite telling Monteith on 27 August that his revisions would be complete in

1820-609: The next ten days, William and Ann Golding went to Greece to meet Peter Green: an ex-journalist who had expatriated to Molyvos . After working on the novel in Greece, a frustrated Golding sent his next draft of The Spire to Monteith in October and was unsatisfied with his writing owing to an 'inner dispute between religion and reason'. This internal conflict occurred as Golding continued to return corrected typescripts and proofs but, though Golding had been feeling nervous since January,

1872-562: The northeast part of Hadley Upland and overlooks the head of Gibbs Glacier. Photographed by RARE in November 1947 (trimetrogon air photography). Surveyed by FIDS, 1958. Named by UK-APC after Pedro de Medina (1493-1567), Spanish Cosmographer Royal, who wrote Arte de Navegar ( Valladolid , 1545), an important manual of navigation. 68°29′S 66°06′W  /  68.483°S 66.100°W  / -68.483; -66.100 . A mainly ice-covered mountain 1,490 metres (4,890 ft) high on

1924-537: The novel was published on 10 April 1964. The typescripts for The Spire , along with a page of handwritten manuscript notes, can now be found in the University of Exeter 's Special Collections archive. Jocelin, the Dean of the cathedral, directs the construction of a towering spire funded by his aunt, Lady Alison, a mistress of the former King. The project is carried on against the advice of many, and in particular

1976-436: The novel) and the red represents Rachel's undesirable "fiery" personality. Goody is portrayed as a quiet "good woman" by Jocelin (whose view is the platform for this novel) and Rachel is not. The irony being that Goody's unfaithfulness is hidden by her hat, and only occasionally do we spot her flame red hair (and infidelity). The spire Jocelin wishes to raise in itself can be seen as a phallic symbol , as Jocelin initially views

2028-447: The perfect woman. Anselm is largely critical of the developments concerning the spire, arguing that it is destruction of the church. Jocelin had been prepared to lose his friendship with Anselm as part of the cost of the spire, but we learn by the end of the novel that they appeared not to have had a friendship in the first place. Father Adam is dubbed by Jocelin as " Father Anonymous ", indicating Jocelin's feelings of superiority. Until

2080-420: The phallic imagery of the Spire is displaced by the mysterious symbol of the tree. The spire is incomplete at the end of the story, and there is a growing sense of impending disaster due to the instability of the over-ambitious structure. Dean Jocelin is the character through whom the novel is presented. Golding uses the stream of consciousness technique to show his Lear-like descent into madness. The novel charts

2132-439: The possible ideas around it. Constant animal symbolism between Roger and Goody (referred to as a bear, a bull and a stallion or a stag at various points in the novel) are also a possible indication of Jocelin's lack of social awareness, his childlike qualities and his naivety. However, Goody is said to wear a green dress, which contrasts Rachel Mason's red dress – the green can perhaps symbolise nature (a recurring paganistic theme in

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2184-575: The south by Wordie Ice Shelf , George VI Sound and Alexander Island . The mainland coast on the Antarctic Peninsula is Fallières Coast . Islands within the bay include Pourquoi Pas Island , Horseshoe Island , Terminal Island , and Lagotellerie Island . Marguerite Bay was discovered in 1909 by the French Antarctic Expedition under Jean-Baptiste Charcot , who named the bay for his wife. Toadstool Rocks are

2236-430: The south side. Bertrand Ice Piedmont , Rymill Bay and Neny Fjord are on the northwest side. Snowshoe Glacier and Remus Glacier flow into Neny Fjord. Romulus Glacier and Martin Glacier flow into Rymill Bay. Other features and nearby features, from north to south, include the Blackwall Mountains, Neny Matterhorn, Black Thumb, Mount Lupa, Mount Medina, Mount Cortes and Mount Ptolemy. The existence of this upland

2288-687: The southwest side of Gibbs Glacier in southern Graham Land. It is separated from Hadley Upland by a col 1,300 metres (4,300 ft) high high. Photographed by RARE, November 1947 (trimetrogon air photography). Surveyed from the ground by FIDS, December 1958. Named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Martín Cortés de Albacar , Spanish author of Arte de Navegar (Sevilla, 1551), an important manual of navigation. 68°33′S 65°58′W  /  68.550°S 65.967°W  / -68.550; -65.967 . An isolated block mountain with four main summits,

2340-404: The spire, but Jocelin continues to drive his dream to its conclusion. His visions and hallucinations , hence his denial of the reality of the situation, mark his descent into irrationality. As the true costs, financial and spiritual, of the endeavour become apparent, the story moves to its tragic conclusion. Pangall disappears; although his fate is never made explicit, it is clear from the clue of

2392-516: The strong winds which descend from the high plateau and blow out of this valley with great force. [REDACTED]  This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Geological Survey . Marguerite Bay Marguerite Bay or Margaret Bay is an extensive bay on the west side of the Antarctic Peninsula , which is bounded on the north by Adelaide Island and on

2444-426: The system of coordinates of latitude and longitude for fixing positions on the earth's surface. 68°37′S 66°50′W  /  68.617°S 66.833°W  / -68.617; -66.833 . A glacier-filled valley opening onto the north part of Mikkelsen Bay and providing access via its head to the plateau, Lammers Glacier and the Traffic Circle area. So named by the BGLE under John Rymill, 1934-37, because of

2496-412: The warnings of the master builder, Roger Mason. The cathedral has insufficient foundations to support a spire of the magnificence demanded by Jocelin, but he believes he has been chosen by God and given a vision to erect a great spire to exalt the town and to bring its people closer to God. As the novel progresses, Golding explores Jocelin's growing obsession with the completion of the spire, during which he

2548-511: The will of God. The Spire was envisioned by Golding as a historical novel with a moral struggle at its core, which was originally intended to have two settings: both the Middle Ages and modern day. Whilst teaching at Bishop Wordsworth's School , Golding regularly looked out of his classroom window at Salisbury Cathedral and wondered how he would possibly construct its spire But the book's composition and eventual realisation of The Spire

2600-425: Was climbed on January 22, 1948 by members of RARE and FIDS, who used variations of this name in referring to the feature. 68°20′S 66°51′W  /  68.333°S 66.850°W  / -68.333; -66.850 . A sharp, pyramid-shaped peak over 1,125 metres (3,691 ft) high, standing in the northwest part of the Blackwall Mountains on the south side of Neny Fjord. First roughly surveyed in 1936-37 by

2652-683: Was known to the United States Antarctic Service (USAS), 1939–41, Finn Ronne and Carl R. Eklund having travelled along Lammer Glacier and Gibbs Glacier in January 1941. The upland was surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1948–50 and 1958. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-ADC) after John Hadley , an English mathematician who, at the same time as Thomas Godfrey , independently invented

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2704-400: Was not an easy process for Golding. According to his daughter, Judy Carver, Golding 'struggled like anything to write The Spire' and said that the novel 'went through many drafts'; this was perhaps because he had stopped teaching which, in turn, gave him more time to write. Golding first wrote fifty to sixty thousand words of a draft in February 1962 over just fourteen days and decided to take

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