Type
Document de travail / Working paper
Item number of pages
18
Abstract (EN)
This article explores the numerous Biblical and philosophical references present in Anne Tyler’s Noah’s Compass and assesses how they discretely offer the reader an invitation to undertake a philosophical journey while following the narrative of Liam Pennywell’s everyday life. I argue that the references to the Old and New Testaments, to Epictetus, Arrian, Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, Socrates and George Santayana underline the problems inherent in looking for a textual ethical guide, one which can stand up to the test of one’s personal life experience.