Toby Foshay's penetrating study of Lewis presents a two-pronged argument that will help to lift Lewis from this obscurity. First, he reveals that Lewis is less interested in stylistic and formal innovation than he is committed to artistic, philosophical, and political transformations. As such, Lewis is not a modernist but, in the sense of the term as employed by theoretician Peter Burger, an avant-gardiste. Second, Foshay demonstrates that Lewis's development as an artist is inextricably linked to his avant-garde commitments -- commitments that find their roots in Lewis's reading of Nietzsche. Lewis's fiction and criticism must thus be read, Foshay maintains, as developing interdependently throughout his career and in relation to his evolving interpretation of Nietzsche.
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- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-173) and index
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- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 828/.91209
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- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
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- 9780773563476
- LCCN
- PR6023.E97
- LCCN Item number
- Z644 1992eb
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- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (x, 177 p.)
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- Canada
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- (CaBNVSL)slc00200859 (CaBNVSL)slc00200859 (CaBNVSL) (CaBNVSL)gtp00523324 (OCoLC)243572425 (CaOOCEL)400675
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Table of Contents
- Contents 8
- Acknowledgments 10
- Introduction 14
- 1 Where is Your Vortex?: The Caliph's Design 17
- 2 Agon of the Intellect: Enemy of the Stars 32
- 3 Harmonious and Sane Duality: Tan 55
- 4 The Will to Satire: The Revenge for Love 90
- 5 The Logic of Representation: Self Condemned 133
- Notes 160
- Bibliography 176
- Index 186
- A 186
- B 186
- D 186
- E 186
- F 186
- G 186
- H 186
- I 186
- J 186
- K 187
- L 187
- M 187
- N 187
- P 187
- R 187
- S 187
- V 187
- W 188
