From an Existential Vacuum to a Tragic Optimism
Heavilin, Barbara A.
From an Existential Vacuum to a Tragic Optimism The Search for Meaning and Presence of God in Modern Literature. [electronic resource] : - Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013. - 1 online resource (218 p.)
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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
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...
9781443863438 (electronic bk.) 1443863432 (electronic bk.)
God in literature.
Literature, Modern -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Meaning (Philosophy) in literature.
Religion and literature.
God in literature.
Meaning (Philosophy) in literature.
Religion and literature.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary
Electronic books.
PN56.G57 .H384 2013
809.93382
From an Existential Vacuum to a Tragic Optimism The Search for Meaning and Presence of God in Modern Literature. [electronic resource] : - Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013. - 1 online resource (218 p.)
Description based upon print version of record.
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
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...
9781443863438 (electronic bk.) 1443863432 (electronic bk.)
God in literature.
Literature, Modern -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Meaning (Philosophy) in literature.
Religion and literature.
God in literature.
Meaning (Philosophy) in literature.
Religion and literature.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary
Electronic books.
PN56.G57 .H384 2013
809.93382
