Bellovian

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adjective

Of, resembling, or characteristic of, American writer Saul Bellow (1915–2005).

Scrabble 14

Meanings

adjectiveBellovian (comparative more Bellovian, superlative most Bellovian)

comparative more Bellovian · superlative most Bellovian

  1. Of, resembling, or characteristic of, American writer Saul Bellow (1915–2005).

    Augie’s complaint is diagnosed as moha, opposition of the finite, a curious complaint which is the beginning of Augie and of all the other Bellovian protagonists.

    1962, Marcus Klein, After Alienation: American Novels in Mid-Century, Cleveland, Ohio; New York, N.Y.: Meridian Books, The World Publishing Company, →LCCN, page 46
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    The obvious dangers inherent in the Nietzchean^([sic]) view of the superman in love with his fate we are by now well aware of; but let us take stock of the danger implicit in the Bellovian view, which is the debasement of the ideal of good-will into the blind alley of a mindless acquiescence.

    1959 fall, Theodore J. Ross, “Notes on Saul Bellow”, in The Chicago Jewish Forum, volume 18, number 1, page 25, column 2

    Released to coincide with the centennial of Bellow’s birth and the 10th anniversary of his death, Leader’s Bellovian tome is just the first installment of a projected two-volume biography.

    2015 June 7, Steven G. Kellman, “Becoming Bellow”, in Boston Sunday Globe, volume 287, number 158, page N11

Origin

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