Conceptions of the Absurd: From Surrealism to the Existential Thought of Chestov and Fondane - Couverture souple

Fotiade, Ramona

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1900755475 ISBN 13 : 9781900755474

Editeur : Legenda, 2001

Synopsis

The concept of the Absurd was a source of fascination for artists and intellectuals throughout the twentieth century. Two interpretations in particular were to provide major reference points for French writers in the 1920s and 1930s: the Surrealist 'free functioning of thought', and the existential critique of rational discourse elaborated by Leon Chestov(1866-1938) and Benjamine Fondane(1898-1944). In this highly original study, Fotiade examines the less familiar existential line, and shows that Chestov and Fondane's project found both support and illustration in the force-field of the Surrealist movement. the work of such dissident writers as Antonin Artuad, Roger Gilbert-Lecomte and Rene Daumal takes on wider intellectual context.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Ramona Fotiade is a Lecturer in French at the University of Glasgow.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Legenda
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1900755475
• ISBN 13: 9781900755474
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 270
• Coordonnées du fabricant: BOOKS etc..; cs@booksetc.co.uk; ; BOOKS etc.; Aldershot; Royaume-Uni
• Personne responsable: non disponible