02788cam a2200493Mu 4500 ocn883570715 OCoLC 20200709060150.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 140712s2013 xx o 000 0 eng d EBLCP eng EBLCP N$T 9781443863438 (electronic bk.) 1443863432 (electronic bk.) (OCoLC)883570715 810529 (N$T) PN56.G57 .H384 2013 BIO 007000 bisacsh 809.93382 N$TA Heavilin, Barbara A. From an Existential Vacuum to a Tragic Optimism [electronic resource] : The Search for Meaning and Presence of God in Modern Literature. Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013. 1 online resource (218 p.) Description based upon print version of record. Table of contents; abbreviations; abbreviations; illustration; preface; acknowledgements; introduction; abbreviations; part i; chapter one; chapter two; chapter three; part ii; chapter four; chapter five; chapter six; part iii; chapter seven; chapter eight; chapter nine; notes; bibliography; index From an Existential Vacuum to a Tragic Optimism: The Search for Meaning and the Presence of God in Modern Literature employs a new theoretical approach to critical analysis: Victor Frankl's logotherapy (from the Greek ""logos"" for word or reason and often related to divine wisdom), a unique form of existentialism. On the basis of his observations of the power of human endurance and transcendence - the discovery of meaning even in the midst of harrowing circumstances - Frankl diagnoses the mala... God in literature. Literature, Modern -- 20th century -- History and criticism. Meaning (Philosophy) in literature. Religion and literature. God in literature. Meaning (Philosophy) in literature. Religion and literature. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary bisacsh Electronic books. Print version: Heavilin, Barbara A. From an Existential Vacuum to a Tragic Optimism : The Search for Meaning and Presence of God in Modern Literature Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing,c2013 9781443852418 http://public.eblib.com/EBLPublic/PublicView.do?ptiID=1730822 Ebook Library EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=810529 EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL1730822 EBSCOhost EBSC 810529 cpp1723AUTO 02 N$T 55023 55023