Heavilin, Barbara A. <br/><br/>
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.) 
<br/><br/> Description based upon print version of record. 
<br/><br/>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 
<br/><br/> 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... 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781443863438 (electronic bk.) 1443863432 (electronic bk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>God in literature.<br/>Literature, Modern -- 20th century -- History and criticism.<br/>Meaning (Philosophy) in literature.<br/>Religion and literature.<br/>God in literature.<br/>Meaning (Philosophy) in literature.<br/>Religion and literature.<br/>BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PN56.G57 .H384 2013 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>809.93382