Saul Bellow and American transcendentalism
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Saul Bellow and American transcendentalism
（Twentieth-century American Jewish writers, v. 7）
P. Lang, c2004
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-288)
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内容説明
Saul Bellow and American Transcendentalism explores Saul Bellow's moral and philosophical affinity with the writers of American transcendentalism, especially Emerson and Whitman. Its focus is on the « vintage Bellow, or his « mature novels, from Henderson the Rain King (1959) to The Dean's December (1982). In these novels, Bellow highlights a moral crisis, arising from humankind's despiritualization and dehumanization, which, he believes, is responsible for an ongoing dichotomy in the modern world. Bellow describes this as a dichotomy of the « Cleans and the « Dirties, in the context of American culture. To rectify this dichotomy and redeem humankind from its current « death-ridden state, Bellow and his protagonists advance a vision of life that corresponds to the transcendental vision of dialogue and « double consciousness, or coordination and balance. Like Emerson, they advocate, « The mid-world is best... A man is a golden impossibility; the line he must walk is a hair's breath. Comparable to Whitman, they urge the individual to « knit to the knot of contrariety and act as « an arbiter of the diverse.
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