SOURCE: "The Dialectics of Debasement in The Magus," in Modern Fiction Studies, Vol. 31, No. 1, Spring, 1985, pp. 71-82.
In the following essay, Novak analyzes the "disturbing" aspects of The Magus and the novel's cultural significance.
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