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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812410903321

Autore

Heavilin Barbara A.

Titolo

From an existential vacuum to a tragic optimism : the search for meaning and presence of god in modern literature / / Barbara A. Heavilin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

1-4438-6343-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (218 p.)

Disciplina

809.3938211

Soggetti

God in literature

Meaning (Philosophy) in literature

Religion and literature

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

TABLE OF CONTENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; ABBREVIATIONS; ILLUSTRATION; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; ABBREVIATIONS; PART I; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; PART II; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; PART III; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

From an Existential Vacuum to a Tragic Optimism: The Search for Meaning and the Presence of God in Modern Literature employs a new theoretical approach to critical analysis: Victor Frankl's logotherapy (from the Greek ""logos"" for word or reason and often related to divine wisdom), a unique form of existentialism. On the basis of his observations of the power of human endurance and transcendence - the discovery of meaning even in the midst of harrowing circumstances - Frankl diagnoses the mala...