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Linked Characters In The Novels Of Saul Bellow, Peter Hyland

Associate Professor Peter Hyland

Saul Bellows six novels all show the same pattern, an inward quest by the protagonist with a double, or alter-ego as teacher, guide or saviour. The device of alter-ego is used in different ways in each of the novels, sometimes centrally, sometimes marginally, but seems to be an essential part of Bellow's fiction.