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THE ONE-EYED MAN - ALFRED DOUGLAS WHITE KARTONI...

The One-Eyed Man asks what value literary sources may have for the social historian  who is
accustomed to work with factual evidence. After a survey of the possible approaches and the
work of previous scholars such as Kohn-Bramstedt and Auerbach  the author argues that the
social novel  based on the novelist's observation and written to propagate his views  can aid
historical knowledge particularly in the fields of mentality and the everyday. Studies of
eighteen novels which deal with German life between 1848 and 1968 support and develop this
thesis. Some novelists are concerned to propagate controversial philosophical or political
views  some use peculiar theories of society to structure their work  yet there is still reason
to assume that a writer of high literary quality will present details of everyday life fairly.
Novels both are historical evidence in themselves  as showing an intelligent contemporary's
opinions  and provide historical evidence in the mentalities and lifestyles depicted. Only
writers who have a Utopian aim  or who are subject to interference from some kind of censorship
form an exception. The scholar's sensitivity is required to determine whether a particular
novel gives good evidence or not.

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