Bellow’s Henderson the Rain King as an Allegory for the Fifties

Mohammad Quayum

Bellow’s Henderson the Rain King as an Allegory for the Fifties

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Abstract

Among critics it is now acknowledged that American culture in the fifties was polarized. It was divided between two extreme groups, variably called "academics" and "bohemians," "conservatives" and "radicals," or "confederate bund" and "holy barbarians. Bellow, who dubs these hostile forces "Squares" and "Hips" or "Cleans" and "Dirties,"has been both conscious of this dichotomy and driven to search for its reconciliation-a vision of union and equilibrium-within his novels.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	65-74
Number of pages	10
Journal	American Studies International
Volume	33
Issue number	1
Publication status	Published - Apr 1995

Keywords

Saul Bellow
American Jewish Literature
fiction
Counter Culture
American Transcendentalism

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Bellow’s Henderson the Rain King as an Allegory for the Fifties

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