02538nam 2200613 450 991079103550332120200520144314.00-7391-8796-1(CKB)2550000001297179(EBL)1687300(SSID)ssj0001193990(PQKBManifestationID)12523434(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001193990(PQKBWorkID)11148212(PQKB)11624262(MiAaPQ)EBC1687300(Au-PeEL)EBL1687300(CaPaEBR)ebr10870862(CaONFJC)MIL608311(OCoLC)879576049(EXLCZ)99255000000129717920140523h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFinite transcendence existential exile and the myth of home /Steven A. BurrLanham, Maryland :Lexington Books,2014.©20141 online resource (212 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7391-8795-3 1-306-77060-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexFinite 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. Existentialism in literatureExiles in literatureHome in literatureExile (Punishment) in literatureExistentialism in literature.Exiles in literature.Home in literature.Exile (Punishment) in literature.809/.93384Burr Steven A.1975-1555485MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910791035503321Finite transcendence3817411UNINA