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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458002003321

Autore

Burr Steven A. <1975->

Titolo

Finite transcendence : existential exile and the myth of home / / Steven A. Burr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-7391-8796-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (212 p.)

Disciplina

809/.93384

Soggetti

Existentialism in literature

Exiles in literature

Home in literature

Exile (Punishment) in literature

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I: The Ontological Situation; 1 Finitude; 2 Existential Exile; II: Betwixt and Between; 3 Absurdity and Exile; 4 Revolt and [Re-]Union; III: Home; 5 Finitude and Faith, Exile and [Re-]Union; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Finite Transcendence: Existential Exile and the Myth of Home introduces and situates "existential exile" as an experience of the fundamental finitude of human existence and demonstrates how a particular way of responding in faith may enable one to find home in exile. Using the literary and philosophical oeuvre of Albert Camus as a model, this book demonstrates the manner in which mythic literature can both present and engage the condition of exile toward its possible transcendence.