An introduction to the reading of under the Volcano by Malcolm Lowry

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This article is part of the introduction of my M.A. dissertation entitled "Under the Volcano and Malcolm Lowry's the Consul: A Hero Manqué. ", submitted to the University of Exeter, England, in 1980. It seems appropriate to me that this article, to be published in this journal, is on such a book, since the first time I read Under the Volcano was while doing my M.A. credits at theU.F.S.C. I was "introduced" to Lowry by John Derrick and read Under the Volcano as an assignment of the English Literature course. The book made a great impression on me and when I had tochoose the subject of my dissertation in England, it seemed an obvious choice. 1