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OverviewCriticism of the novel routinely starts with the assumption that characters must think, develop and strive for self-fulfilment as individuals. This book challenges the paradigm that individualism is innate to the novel as a medium. It describes how major writers throughout the twentieth century many convinced by the supposed findings of parapsychology rejected the idea of the discrete character. Treating the self as porous, they offered novels structured around the development of communities and ideas rather than individuals. By focusing on D. H. Lawrence, Olaf Stapledon, Aldous Huxley and Doris Lessing, Mark Taylor demonstrates the need to broaden our approach to character when addressing the novel of the twentieth century and beyond. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Mark TaylorPublisher: Edinburgh University Press Imprint: Edinburgh University Press Edition: 78,534 ed. Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.449kg ISBN: 9781399524483ISBN 10: 1399524488 Pages: 200 Publication Date: 12 January 2024 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviewsTaylor's book offers a fascinating alternative history of the twentieth-century British novel. While the novel form is often seen as the definitive narrative of individualism, Psychic Connection tracks a different path through telepathy, panpsychism, and visions of collective selves, working through D. H. Lawrence, Olaf Stapledon, Aldous Huxley and Doris Lessing, and ending with a generative reading of the contemporary 'network novels' of David Mitchell. A cogent and consistently compelling counter-narrative. --Roger Luckhurst, Birkbeck College Author InformationMark Taylor is a specialist in twentieth-century British literature, most recently working as Assistant Professor in English Literature at HSE University, Moscow. His research focuses on notions of individual and collective selfhood in British literature of the previous century. His work has been published in Modern Fiction Studies, Mosaic and Science Fiction Studies. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |