John Wain (Magill’s Choice: Notable British Novelists)
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A complete man of letters, John Wain published short stories, poetry, drama, many scholarly essays, and a highly respected biography in addition to his novels. Wain’s writing reflects his determination to speak to a wider range of readers than that addressed by many of his modernist predecessors; it reflects his faith in the common reader to recognize and respond to abiding philosophical concerns. These concerns include his sense of the dignity of human beings in the midst of an oftentimes cruel, indifferent, and cynical world. His concern is with a...
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