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ISBN: 0292703562 0292703554 9780292768789 0292768788 9780292703551 029276877X Year: 1981 Publisher: Basel/Berlin/Boston : University of Texas Press,
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When The Absurd Hero in American Fiction was first released in 1966, Granville Hicks praised it in a lead article for the Saturday Review as a sensitive and definitive study of a new trend in postwar American literature. In the years that followed, David Galloway’s analysis of the writings of John Updike, William Styron, Saul Bellow, and J. D. Salinger became a standard critical work, an indispensable tool for readers concerned with contemporary American literature. The New York Times described the book as “a seminal study of the modern literary imagination. David Galloway, himself an established novelist, later extensively revised The Absurd Hero to include authoritative discussions of more than a dozen novels which had appeared since the first revised edition was released in 1970. Among them are John Updike’s Couples, Rabbit Redux, and The Coup; William Styron’s The Confessions of Nat Turner and Sophie’s Choice; and Saul Bellow’s Mr. Sammler’s Planet and Humboldt’s Gift. Through detailed analyses of these works, Galloway demonstrates the continuing relevance of his own provocative concept of the absurd hero and provides important insights into the literary achievements of four of America’s most influential postwar novelists.
American fiction --- Heroes in literature --- Absurd (Philosophy) in literature --- Roman américain --- Héros dans la littérature --- Absurde (Philosophie) dans la littérature --- History and criticism --- Histoire et critique --- Roman américain --- Héros dans la littérature --- Absurde (Philosophie) dans la littérature
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ISBN: 3810802018 Year: 1981 Publisher: Frankfurt am Main Syndikat
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Ethnology --- -Ethnophilosophy --- Irrationalism (Philosophy) --- Occultism --- Parapsychology --- Religion --- Religion, Primitive --- Atheism --- Irreligion --- Religions --- Theology --- Metaphysics (Parapsychology) --- Paranormal phenomena --- Psi (Parapsychology) --- Psychic phenomena --- Psychical research --- Psychology --- Art, Black (Magic) --- Arts, Black (Magic) --- Black art (Magic) --- Black arts (Magic) --- Occult, The --- Occult sciences --- Supernatural --- New Age movement --- Absurd (Philosophy) --- Belief and doubt --- Philosophy --- Rationalism --- Folk philosophy --- Indigenous peoples --- Philosophy, Primitive --- Primitive philosophy --- Cognition and culture --- Cultural anthropology --- Ethnography --- Races of man --- Social anthropology --- Anthropology --- Human beings --- Philosophy and psychology of culture
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