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The literature of nihilism
- Title
- The literature of nihilism / Charles I. Glicksberg.
- Author
- Glicksberg, Charles I. (Charles Irving), 1900-1998.
- Publication
- Lewisburg : Bucknell University Press, [1975]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | PN56.N55G58.1975 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 354 pages; 22 cm
- Summary
- Begins directly with the characteristics of nihilistic thought and the contrast between nihilism and humanism, and then proceeds to give an account of the religious battles against this negative and deathfearing philosophy. Also discusses Kafka, Camus, Sartre, Ionesco, Beckett and others.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 328-345.
- Contents
- pt. 1. Religion and the battle against nihilism: Religion and nihilism -- Unamuno and the quest for faith -- pt. 2. Revolt and despair in the Russian soul: Nihilism in the Russian soul -- Nihilism and suicide -- pt. 3. The nihilism of the absurd: The universe of the absurd -- Franz Kafka: the prophet of the absurd -- The battle against the absurd in France -- Henry de Montherlant: hedonism and the absurd -- Malraux: the riposte of conscience -- Albert Camus: from nihilism to revolt -- Sartre: from nausea to communism -- Ionesco and the comedy of the absurd -- Samuel Beckett: the cosmic nihilist -- Various aspects of modern nihilism -- pt. 4. Dionysian nihilism: Kazantzakis: Dionysian nihilism -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: Two philosophers and nihilism -- Appendix B: Intimations of the absurd in the nineteenth century.
- ISBN
- 0838715206
- 9780838715208
- LCCN
- 74000203
- OCLC
- ocm01092546
- 1092546
- SCSB-154682
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library