Mysticism and the Mid-Century Novel

2012
ISBN: 978-0-230-30354-6
Verlag: Springer Nature B.V.

Buch, Englisch, 209 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 464 g

This book argues that many of the mid-twentieth century's significant novelists were united by a desire to return the increasingly interior novel to ethical engagement. They did not seek morality in society, politics or the individual will, but sought to unveil a transcendent Good by using techniques drawn from the canon of mystical literature

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Clements, J.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements Introduction: The Middle Is Everywhere Towards an Ideal Limit: Linguistic Authority in the Work of Iris Murdoch From Apophasis to Aporia: William Golding and the Indescribable Verbal Sludge: The Ethics of Instability in Patrick White's Prose Bliss From Bricks: Saul Bellow's Moral Phenomenology Conclusion: Drawing Circles In The Sea: Un-Defining the 'Mystical Novelist' Endnotes Works Cited Index

Über Autor(innen)

JAMES CLEMENTS Assistant Professor of English at the American University of Dubai, UAE.