The absurd in literature / / Neil Cornwell

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910791952103321
• Autore: Cornwell Neil
• 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)