112 Pages
by
Routledge
112 Pages
by
Routledge
This study of Saul Bellow, initially published in 1982, looks at this Nobel Prize-winning author as a leading figure in the development of contemporary fiction, one whose work has, however, been challenged by more experimental, ‘post-modern’ developments in the novel.
Bradbury draws attention to Bellow’s comedy, his sense of contemporary history and its stresses and anxieties, his attempt... Read more
1. Saul Bellow and the Contemporary Novel 2. The Forties Novels: Dangling Man and The Victim 3. The Fifties Novels: The Adventures of Augie March, Seize the Day, and Henderson the Rain King 4. The Sixties Novels: Herzog and Mr Sammler’s Planet 5. The ‘it’ and the ‘we’: Humboldt’s Gift and The Dean’s December 6. ‘A Nightmare During Which I’m trying to get a Good Night’s Rest’: Conclusion
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Malcolm Bradbury
