From an existential vacuum to a tragic optimism : the search for meaning and presence of god in modern literature / / Barbara A. Heavilin
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Heavilin Barbara A.
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| Titolo: |
From an existential vacuum to a tragic optimism : the search for meaning and presence of god in modern literature / / Barbara A. Heavilin
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| Pubblicazione: | Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2013 |
| ©2013 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (218 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 809.3938211 |
| Soggetto topico: | God in literature |
| Meaning (Philosophy) in literature | |
| Religion and literature | |
| 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... |
| Titolo autorizzato: | From an existential vacuum to a tragic optimism |
| ISBN: | 1-4438-6343-2 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910812410903321 |
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