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The absurd in literature

By Franz , Cornwell , Neil; Kafka

Book information

Publisher
Manchester University Press, Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave
Year
2006
ISBN
0-7190-7409-6, 978-0-7190-7409-7, 9781847791672, 1847791670, 0-7190-7410-X, 978-0-7190-7410-3
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1052715 bytes)
Pages
354\368
Time added
2015-12-23 22:00:00
Absurd (Philosophy) in literature. KafkaFranz. Absurde Literatur. Das @Absurde.

Description

Neil Cornwell's study, while endeavouring to present an historical survey of absurdist literature and its forbears, does not aspire to being an exhaustive history of absurdism. Rather, it pauses on certain historical moments, artistic movements, literary figures and selected works, before moving on to discuss four key writers: Daniil Kharms, Franz Kafka, Samuel Beckett and Flann O'Brien. The absurd in literature will be of compelling interest to a considerable range of students of comparative, European (including Russian and Central European) and English literatures (British Isles and American) - as well as those more concerned with theatre studies, the avant-garde and the history of ideas (including humour theory). It should also have a wide appeal to the enthusiastic general reader.

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