The Search for Selfhood in Modern Literature - Couverture souple

Roston, M.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1349414557 ISBN 13 : 9781349414550

Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014

Synopsis

The scientific achievements of the modern world failed to impress the leading writers of this century, leaving them instead profoundly disturbed by a sense of lost values and of the insignificance of the individual in a universe seemingly indifferent to human concerns. In The Search for Selfhood in Modern Literature Roston explores the strategies adopted by such mid-century authors as Greene, Salinger, Osborne, Baldwin and others in their attempt to cope with the spiritual vacuity - strategies including the emergence of the anti-hero and of literary existentialism - and offer in the course of the investigation fascinatingly new insights into their work.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

MURRAY ROSTON is Professor of English at Bar Ilan University, Israel and Adjunct Professor at the University of California. He has published numerous books on aspects of English literature, especially viewed in the context of contemporary modes in painting, architecture, and sculpture.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Palgrave Macmillan
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1349414557
• ISBN 13: 9781349414550
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 256
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