Analysis of the Intellectuals’ Transcendence of Dilemma in Humboldt’s Gift
Abstract
This paper analyzes intellectuals’ dilemma and shows modern American intellectuals’ dilemma. Violence, sexuality and money threat them all the time, which reveals the devastation of utilitarianism on literature. The first chapter analyzes the root of intellectuals’ dilemma. Chicago was full of chaos. This city was full of social violence, causing the intellectuals to be in dilemma; sexuality corroded intellectuals’ spirit; worship of money made them lost their identity. The second chapter analyzes how intellectuals should transcend the dilemma including the regressing to Jewish identity; opposing the timeserving and forgiving the world.References
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