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Zusatztext 'Mysticism and the Mid-Century Novel is an original and eloquent treatment of early postwar fiction in English! describing authoritatively and persuasively the efforts of a range of enduringly important novelists to formulate a moral orientation and epistemology adequate to the catastrophes of their recent past. Tightly focused and lucidly and gracefully written throughout! this is a significant and very welcome addition to the growing body of scholarship on a formerly neglected phase of the novel's modern history.' - Marina Mackay! Associate Professor in English! Washington University in St. Louis! USA Informationen zum Autor JAMES CLEMENTS Assistant Professor of English at the American University of Dubai, UAE. Klappentext 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 Zusammenfassung 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 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
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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
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'Mysticism and the Mid-Century Novel is an original and eloquent treatment of early postwar fiction in English, describing authoritatively and persuasively the efforts of a range of enduringly important novelists to formulate a moral orientation and epistemology adequate to the catastrophes of their recent past. Tightly focused and lucidly and gracefully written throughout, this is a significant and very welcome addition to the growing body of scholarship on a formerly neglected phase of the novel's modern history.' - Marina Mackay, Associate Professor in English, Washington University in St. Louis, USA
