Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Another Thought on The Mezzanine vs. Mrs. Dalloway

Two potentially significant differences between the focuses of The Mezzanine and Mrs. Dalloway  occurred to me as I was reading others' posts:
1. Baker focuses on a reality that characterized largely by physical objects in the modern world, vs. Woolf, who only seems to focus on people.  This may be a reflection of the time period in which the books were written. (?)
2. Baker's character focuses only on his perception of the world, whereas Woolf's characters spend a much larger amount of time considering the thoughts and actions of other people in their own private thoughts as well.

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