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Psychic connection and the twentieth-century British novel

from telepathy to the network novel

by Mark Taylor

  • First published:
  • 21st century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Fiction

Description

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Criticism 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, especially telepathy – rejected the idea of the discrete, psychologically separate 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, this book demonstrates the need to broaden our approach to character when addressing the novel of the twentieth century and beyond. It offers an alternative account of twentieth-century literature in which novels of collectivity and connection are central, albeit obscured previously by our established cultural and critical apparatus.

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Parapsychology and psychical research and Telepathy, clairvoyance, and precognition.

  • Parapsychology and psychical research

    Controlled discovery queries from national-library-of-scotland matched “parapsychology”. Retained metadata contains “Parapsychology” in the description and “Parapsychology” in the subject metadata.

    • “parapsychology”· via National Library of Scotland
    • “Parapsychology”· in description
    • “Parapsychology”· in subject
  • Telepathy, clairvoyance, and precognition

    Controlled discovery queries from bnf, crossref, k10plus, national-library-of-scotland, and sudoc matched “Telepathie”, “telepathy”, and “télépathie”. Retained metadata contains “Telepathy” in the subtitle, “Telepathy” in the description, “Telepathy” in the subject metadata, and 2 additional metadata match(es).

    • “télépathie”· via Bibliothèque nationale de France
    • “telepathy”· via Crossref
    • “Telepathie”· via K10plus Union Catalog
    • “telepathy”· via National Library of Scotland
    • “télépathie”· via SUDOC — French university and research library union catalog
    • “Telepathy”· in subtitle

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from telepathy to the network novel

National Bibliography of Scotland record

185 pages; 24 cm; Includes bibliographical references and index

[2024]Edinburgh University Press; Edinburgh university press; Edingburgh University PressEnglish
  • 9781399524483
  • 9781399524506
  • 9781399524513
  • 1399524488
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national-library-of-scotland:99116929046904341
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