This study shows how Paul Bowles' work diagnoses the ills of Western civilization by dramatizing the encounter of its representatives with less technologically advanced societies. The confrontation between civilized and primitive, and Bowles' concern with extreme states of consciousness, link him with Edgar Allan Poe. Wayne Pounds applies R.D. Laing's model of the divided self to Bowles' novels, stories, and autobiography to illuminate Bowles' preoccupation with the troubled nature of family life. Schizophrenia in the work ...
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This study shows how Paul Bowles' work diagnoses the ills of Western civilization by dramatizing the encounter of its representatives with less technologically advanced societies. The confrontation between civilized and primitive, and Bowles' concern with extreme states of consciousness, link him with Edgar Allan Poe. Wayne Pounds applies R.D. Laing's model of the divided self to Bowles' novels, stories, and autobiography to illuminate Bowles' preoccupation with the troubled nature of family life. Schizophrenia in the work of the novelist appears as a revolutionary refusal of the totalization of modern life.
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Fine. 165p octavo #24 in the Series IV of the English Language and Literature (American University Studies). A fine unread copy in white and green glazed printed boards. Inscribed by Paul (Bowles) for Virginia(Spencer Carr) his biographer.
