Bellovian

English

Etymology

From Bellow +‎ -ian.

Adjective

Bellovian (comparative more Bellovian, superlative most Bellovian)

1. Of, resembling, or characteristic of, American writer Saul Bellow (1915–2005).
   • 1959 fall, Theodore J. Ross, “Notes on Saul Bellow”, in The Chicago Jewish Forum, volume 18, number 1, page 25, column 2:

     The obvious dangers inherent in the Nietzchean^[sic] view of the superman in love with his fate we are by now well aware of; but let us take stock of the danger implicit in the Bellovian view, which is the debasement of the ideal of good-will into the blind alley of a mindless acquiescence.

   • 1962, Marcus Klein, After Alienation: American Novels in Mid-Century, Cleveland, Ohio, New York, N.Y.: Meridian Books, The World Publishing Company, →LCCN, page 46:

     Augie’s complaint is diagnosed as moha, opposition of the finite, a curious complaint which is the beginning of Augie and of all the other Bellovian protagonists.

   • 2015 June 7, Steven G. Kellman, “Becoming Bellow”, in Boston Sunday Globe, volume 287, number 158, page N11:

     Released to coincide with the centennial of Bellow’s birth and the 10th anniversary of his death, Leader’s Bellovian tome is just the first installment of a projected two-volume biography.