The Anagonist Matthew J Friedman and Don Policarpo

and Don Policarpo

The World Is Round is a lively novel

plan individualized treatment

and sexual policing

and consistently theorized

The Anagonist Matthew J Friedman and Don PolicarpoThis issue of Novel proposes a new type of novelistic hero: the "anagonist." Unlike the protagonist, the anagonist does not act; or if she does, her action is inconsequential to the work. The concept itself, however, is problematic, for the figure of the anagonist is averse to typology, such that its decisive identification in any particular work is almost impossible. More than a contribution to narrative categories therefore, the appearance of the