Mysticism and the Mid-Century Novel / by J. Clements.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clements, James, 1980-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literature, Modern--20th century.

Literature, Modern.

Literature--Philosophy.

Literature.

Culture--Study and teaching.

Culture.

Fiction.

European literature.

America--Literatures.

America.

Twentieth-Century Literature.

Literary Theory.

Cultural Theory.

Fiction Literature.

European Literature.

North American Literature.

Local Subjects:

Twentieth-Century Literature.

Literary Theory.

Cultural Theory.

Fiction Literature.

European Literature.

North American Literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (218 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2012.

Place of Publication:

London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613360670

9781283360678

1283360675

9780230353923

0230353924

OCLC:

767503014