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The Absurd in Literature by Neil Cornwell is a literary studies available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Absurd in Literature about?
Neil Cornwell's study, while endeavouring to present an historical survey of absurdist literature and its forbears, does not aspire to being an exhaustive history of absurdism. Rather, it pauses on certain historical moments, artistic movements, literary figures and selected works, before moving on to discuss four key writers: Daniil Kharms, Franz Kafka, Samuel Beckett and Flann O'Brien.<br><br>The absurd in literature will be of compelling interest to a considerable range of students of compara
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It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Neil Cornwell
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press ; Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave
- Published
- 2006
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781847791672
- Category
- literary studies
- Subjects
- Philosophy, Literary Criticism, Semiotics & Theory
- Rating
- 4 / 5 (1 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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