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The Last Puritan - A Memoir in the Form of a Novel (Paperback, New Ed): William G. Holzberger, Herman J. Saatkamp Jr

The Last Puritan - A Memoir in the Form of a Novel (Paperback, New Ed)

William G. Holzberger, Herman J. Saatkamp Jr; George Santayana; Introduction by Irving Singer

Series: The Works of George Santayana

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This is "news" - a Santayana that classifies as "fiction" - and fiction with a good chance for a sale almost, not quite, in the popular class. With the record of the Thomas Wolfe success last Spring, the bookseller has something to shoot at, as it is distinctly of that genre. Try for the intellectual snob appeal market - it's right down that lane. A philosophical, psychological, biographical novel (yes, those rhythms are intentional) - the story of a last leaf on the tree of Puritanism, of a youth who died in the war, but who lived long enough to prove once more that the mold of Puritanism has not been broken. The tie-up with The Education of Henry Adams, though fairly obvious, is completely justified. An important book, in the American tradition. (Kirkus Reviews)
A novel of of ideas, expressed in the birth, life, and early death of Oliver Alden. Published in 1935, George Santayana's The Last Puritan was the American philosopher's only novel. It became an instant best-seller, immediately linked in its painful voyage of self discovery to The Education of Henry Adams. It is essentially a novel of ideas, expressed in the birth, life, and early death of Oliver Alden.The Last Puritan is volume four in a new critical edition of The Works of George Santayana that restores Santayana's original text and provides important new scholarly information. Books in this series - the first complete publication of Santayana's works - include an editorial apparatus with notes to the text (identifying persons, places, and ideas), textual commentary (including a description of the composition and publication history, along with a discussion of editorial methods and decisions), discussions of adopted readings, lists of variants and emendations, and line-end hyphenations. Irving Singer's new introduction to this edition takes up Santayana's philosophical and artistic concerns, including issues of homosexuality raised by the depiction of the novel's two protagonists, Oliver and Mario, and of the relationship between Oliver and the rogue character Jim Darnley. In his thoughtful analysis Singer finds the term "homosexual novel" too reductionist and imprecise for what Santayana is trying to achieve. Singer brings to light the author's skillful and inventive methods for perceiving and interpreting reality, including ideal forms of friendship, and his success in exploring the pervasive moral problems that people face throughout their existence.

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Imprint: MIT Press
Country of origin: United States
Series: The Works of George Santayana
Release date: August 1995
First published: 1994
Editors: William G. Holzberger • Herman J. Saatkamp Jr
Authors: George Santayana (Chancellor's Professor of History)
Introduction by: Irving Singer
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 38mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 794
Edition: New Ed
ISBN-13: 978-0-262-69178-9
Categories: Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction
LSN: 0-262-69178-7
Barcode: 9780262691789

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