Twentieth-century serious fiction turned inward toward the psychological
Evidence
The god that artists must invoke is Janus, the double-faced god, the guardian of gates and doors. It is the duty and privilege of the novelist to look both outward and inward, to the past and the future, to the particular and the universal, to the parish and the world. — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 1017 (
#expands, via linked claim)
Categorization
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
- XREF: connects to: Representing other minds is an immemorial and growing requirement of imaginative fiction. — Janet Burroway; Elizabeth Stuckey-French; Ned Stuckey-French, Writing Fiction, Tenth Edition: A Guide…, 576; Western literature has descended socially and moved inward toward the unconscious — Janet Burroway; Elizabeth Stuckey-French; Ned Stuckey-French, Writing Fiction, Tenth Edition: A Guide…, 297; Novelists must look both inward and outward at once — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 1017 (+7 more)
Related
- Novelists must look both inward and outward at once (similarity 0.88)
- Western literature has descended socially and moved inward toward the unconscious (similarity 0.83)
- Representing other minds is an immemorial and growing requirement of imaginative fiction. (similarity 0.79)
Broader Connections
- Novelists must look both inward and outward at once
#expands(0.75) — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 1017 - Renaissance psychology theorized fantasized monsters as real perceived data
#exemplifies(0.55)