Dark mirror : the sense of injustice in modern European and American literature
Focuses on European and American trial fiction since about 1880, arguing that, although generally animated by a sense of injustice, this literature reflects the virtual collapse in Western culture of the idea of a universal, or "natural", ethical law.
Criticism, interpretation, etc
xxiii, 280 pages ; 24 cm
9780823215096, 9780823215102, 0823215091, 0823215105
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1. Idealistic vs. Realistic Conceptions of Justice from Homer to George Eliot
2. The Sense of Injustice in Modern Religious Fiction. Tolstoy, "God Sees the Truth, But Waits": Resurrection. Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov. Mauriac, Therese Desqueyroux
3. The Sense of Injustice in Modern Social Fiction. Martin du Gard, Jean Barois. Dreiser, An American Tragedy. Brecht, The Caucasian Chalk Circle. Koestler, Darkness at Noon
4. The Sense of Injustice in Modern Absurdist Fiction. Melville, Billy Budd. Kafka, The Trial. Camus, The Outsider. Kundera, The Joke
5. A "Dissenting" Perspective. Cozzens, The Just and the Unjust. Snow, The Sleep of Reason
Conclusion: Toward a Renewal of the Dialogue. Betti, The Landslide. Wright, Native Son. Glaspell, "A Jury of Her Peers" Porter, "Noon Wine" Anouilh, Antigone. Muschg, "Reparations or Making Good" Forster, A Passage to India. Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird