Existential Literature: An Introduction - Softcover

Patrik, Linda E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0534567053 ISBN 13: 9780534567057

Publisher: Cengage Learning, 2000

Synopsis

This anthology with introductions presents the major figures of existentialism, including Dostoyevsky, Sartre, Beauvoir, Kierkegaard, and Nietzsche, through their literary rather than philosophical writings. This approach makes for an anthology that captures readers's attention and helps them to understand the philosophers' views . Each selection includes an introduction that provides philosophical background, a section on the basic existential concepts covered in the reading, and insightful questions.

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Preface. Part One: Existentialist Views on the Human Condition. 1. Fyodor's Dostoyevsky's "Notes from Underground". 2. Jean-Paul Sartre's Nausea. 3. Jean-Paul Sartre's The Flies. 4. Albert Camus' The Stranger. 5. Albert Camus' "The Myth of Sisyphus". 6. Simone de Beauvoir's "A Very Easy Death". Part Two. Existentialist Views on Relations with Others. 7. Jean-Paul Sartre's No Exit. 8. Simone de Beauvoir's "The Woman Destroyed". 9. Richard Wright's "The Man Who Lived Underground". Part Three: Existentialist Views on Religion. 10. Friedrich Nietzsche's Thus Spoke Zarathustra. 11. Soren Kiekegaard's Fear and Trembling. 12 Fyodor Dostroyevsky's "The Grand Inquisitor". 13. Franz Kafka's "Before the Law".

About this edition

• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0534567053
• ISBN 13: 9780534567057
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 208