Galatea 2.2 | Techniques

Although Galatea 2.2 juggles two major story lines — the Powers-Lentz-Helen story and the Powers-C. love story — and several interrelated subordinate story lines — those of Powers-Professor Taylor, Powers-unnamed father, Powers-A., C.-parents — its structure is less complex than that in his earlier novels.

Whereas the earlier works were often based structurally on intricate musical patterns suggested by the complex counterpoint of Johann Sebastian Bach's inventions, this novel contains overtly no such correspondences. Although the story lines in Galatea 2.2...

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