His one novel, _The Middle of the Journey_, was a fictionalized account  of the life of Whittaker Chambers. But he made more of an impact with what  he wrote about other novelists, and his central paradigm -- that writers  should be judged based on what they tell us about their political  surroundings \-- has made him the m
His one novel, _The Middle of the Journey_, was a fictionalized account  of the life of Whittaker Chambers. But he made more of an impact with what  he wrote about other novelists, and his central paradigm -- that writers  should be judged based on what they tell us about their political  surroundings \-- has made him the mortal enemy of many Jane Austen fans. FTP,  name this Columbia University critic and essayist, the author of _The Liberal  Imagination_.
His one novel, _The Middle of the Journey_, was a fictionalized account  of the life of Whittaker Chambers.