A philosophical novelist
Subtitle: George Santayana and The last puritan
By: H.T. Kirby-Smith.
Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Carbondale
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
Subjects: Santayana, George, 1863-1952.; Philosophy in literature.
Description: In the preface to the second edition of The Last Puritan, George Santayana wrote that he saw this "memoir in the form of a novel" as an exemplification of his own spirit. H. T. Kirby-Smith uses Santayana's 1936 novel The Last Puritan as both an occasion and a means for bringing into focus the complex relations between Santayana's life, his personality, and his philosophy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-202) and index.