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The Man in the Mirror.

Authors :
Wilson, Edmund
Source :
New Republic; 12/18/35, Vol. 85 Issue 1098, p169-170, 2p
Publication Year :
1935

Abstract

Critiques the dilemma of life, which is presented in this modernist narrative in a hotel restaurant. Meaninglessness of life as one statement that keeps on jingling throughout the narrative is "Bring me some--let me see"; Destruction of the mores of personal life as the traveler seeks political implication in the aesthetic arts like Opera; Depiction of political dilemma that shrouds personal identity and which leads to identity crises.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00286583
Volume :
85
Issue :
1098
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
New Republic
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
15027169