The Human Age (Masterplots II: British and Commonwealth Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Wyndham Lewis
- First Published: 1928
- Type of Work: Dystopian fiction
- Time of Work: Eternity
- Setting: Third City and Matapolis, cities of the afterlife
- Principal Characters: James Pullman (Pulley), Satterthwaite (Satters), The Bailiff (The Old Bailey), The Padishah, Sammael (The Devil), Hyperides, Mannock, Dr. Heinrich Schlank, Dr. Hachilah, Alectryon, Polemon
- Genres: Long fiction, Satire, Dystopian fiction
- Subjects: Politics, Future, Other worlds, God, Rulers, Fantasy, Imagination, Planets, Devils or demons, Utopias, Heaven, Satan or Satanism
- Locales: Hell, Heaven, Magnetic City, Matapolis
The Novels
Although The Human Age is described as a trilogy, the first book was written in 1928, long before the other two were conceived, and Wyndham Lewis left still another volume in the series (“The Trial of Man”) unfinished at his death in 1957. The Childermass is different in form and tone from the later volumes; it has virtually no plot, adopts an unsympathetic attitude toward its characters, and is more political than theological in its theme. It contains some of Lewis’ most impressive descriptive prose, and its opening lines immediately reveal to...
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