Mysticism and the Mid-Century Novel （1ST）

Clements, James

Palgrave Macmillan（2011/12発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 209 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780230303546
• DDC分類 823.91409

Full Description

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

Contents

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