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Part 1 "The end of clear thinking and the triumph of irrationalism" -British fiction, 1910-1940: Collingwood and Waugh - the philosopher'sdetective and Boot of the "Beast"; irony as historical realism - "UnderWestern Eyes"; jumping overboard - Lawrence, "Kangaroo", and theretreat from history. Part 2 All the king's and president's men -political intellectuals in post-war America: tragic knowledge and "TheEarned Redemption" - the history lesson of "All the King's Men";Watergate and after - the good, the bad and the "Good as Gold".