Chapter 1. The Writer in Search of a Career: 1923-1929 -- Chapter 2. The Man of Letters: 1930-1935 -- Chapter 3. The Making of a Literary Reputation: 1936-1938 -- Chapter 4. Missionary Zeal and the Established Writer: 1939-1943 -- Chapter 5. The Certainty of Doubt: 1944-1954 -- Chapter 6. The Writer in Search of New Directions: 1955-1965 -- Chapter 7. The Disguise of Tragicomedy: 1966-1973 -- Chapter 8. The Self-Reflective Writer: 1974-1991.