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Product Identifiers
PublisherWadsworth
ISBN-100534567053
ISBN-139780534567057
eBay Product ID (ePID)1166348
Product Key Features
Number of Pages208 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameExistential Literature : an Introduction
Publication Year2000
SubjectMovements / Existentialism, General, Teaching Methods & Materials / General
FeaturesNew Edition
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPhilosophy, Education
AuthorLinda E. Patrik
FormatPerfect
Dimensions
Item Height0.4 in
Item Weight12.4 Oz
Item Length9.3 in
Item Width7.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN00-032467
Dewey Edition21
ReviewsPreface.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. Søren Kiekegaard's Fear and Trembling.12 Fyodor Dostroyevsky's "The Grand Inquisitor".13. Franz Kafka's "Before the Law".
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal808.8/0384
Edition DescriptionNew Edition
Table Of ContentPreface.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. Sren Kiekegaard''''s Fear and Trembling.12 Fyodor Dostroyevsky''''s "The Grand Inquisitor".13. Franz Kafka''''s "Before the Law"."
SynopsisThis 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., 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 students' 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 study questions.