Agents and Patients (Masterplots II: British and Commonwealth Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Anthony Powell
- First Published: 1936
- Type of Work: Picaresque
- Time of Work: The 1930’s
- Setting: London, Paris, and Berlin
- Principal Characters: Blore-Smith, Oliver Chipchase, Peter Maltravers
- Genres: Long fiction, Picaresque fiction
- Subjects: Maturation or coming of age, Freedom, Self-discovery, Traveling or travelers, Sex or sexuality, Education or educators, Sin or Original sin, Paris, 1930’s, London, Ethics, Adventure, Filmmaking or filmmakers, Germany or German people, Psychoanalysis or psychoanalysts
- Locales: Paris, France, London, England, Berlin, Germany
The Novel
Agents and Patients is a farcical tale about the unscrupulous ways in which two sophisticated men of the world fleece a young innocent of his money. The rogues in question are Oliver Chipchase, an art critic, journalist, and amateur psychoanalyst, and his friend Peter Maltravers, who dabbles in the writing of film scripts. Chipchase is looking for a patient so that he can experiment in new methods of psychoanalysis. Maltravers is planning to make an unusual film which would document human behavior in the “candid camera” manner: He wants to assemble a group...
[The entire page is 2134 words long]
Join eNotes
Over 3,500 study guides, question and answer forums, literature criticism, reference content, and much more!
Navigate
See Also
