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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791952103321

Autore

Cornwell Neil

Titolo

The absurd in literature / / Neil Cornwell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester, UK : , : Manchester University Press, , 2016

©2006

ISBN

1-78170-096-6

0-7190-7410-X

1-84779-167-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (354 pages) : digital file(s)

Disciplina

809.93384

Soggetti

Absurd (Philosophy) in literature

Literature

Literary Studies: General

LITERARY CRITICISM / General

Literature: history & criticism

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

pt. I. Introductory -- pt. II. Growth of the absurd -- pt. III. Special authors -- pt. IV. In conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

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)