Title: A philosophical novelist
First published: 1997
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.
Subjects: Philosophy in literature, American, LITERARY CRITICISM, General
People: George Santayana (1863-1952)
LC classification: PS2772.L3 K57 1997