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...
Saul Bellow and American Transcendentalism explores Saul Bellow s moral and philosophical affinity with the writers of American transcendentali...
