The Magus
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The Magus is a psychologically complex and metafictional novel by John Fowles that follows a young Englishman drawn into an elaborate, reality-blurring game of manipulation on a remote Greek island.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | John Fowles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character |
Alison Kelly
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Julie Holmes NERFINISHED ⓘ Lily de Seitas NERFINISHED ⓘ Maurice Conchis NERFINISHED ⓘ Nicholas Urfe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationActor |
Anthony Quinn
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Candice Bergen NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Caine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationDirector | Guy Green NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationReleaseDate | 1968 ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationScreenwriter | John Fowles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
metafiction
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mystery novel ⓘ philosophical novel ⓘ postmodern novel ⓘ psychological novel ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | The Magus (1968 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasElement |
intertextual references
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metatheatrical games ⓘ unreliable narration ⓘ |
| hasReputation | cult novel ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
existentialist philosophy
ⓘ
myth and ritual ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodernism ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
existentialism
ⓘ
freedom and control ⓘ identity ⓘ manipulation ⓘ moral responsibility ⓘ reality and illusion ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
ambiguous ending
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complex narrative structure ⓘ elaborate psychological games ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| pageCount | over 600 pages (revised edition) ⓘ |
| protagonist | Nicholas Urfe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1965 ⓘ |
| publisher | Jonathan Cape NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| revisedEditionPublicationDate | 1977 ⓘ |
| setting |
Greek island
ⓘ
Phraxos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting |
1950s
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post-World War II era ⓘ |
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