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The Absurd in Literature Paperback - 2006
by Cornwell, Neil
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- Title The Absurd in Literature
- Author Cornwell, Neil
- Binding Paperback
- Edition annotated editio
- Condition New
- Pages 368
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Manchester Univ Pr, Manchester
- Date 2006
- Features Annotated, Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # x-071907410X
- ISBN 9780719074103 / 071907410X
- Weight 1.25 lbs (0.57 kg)
- Dimensions 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.1 in (23.11 x 15.49 x 2.79 cm)
- Dewey Decimal Code 809.933
From the rear cover
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.
The absurd in literature will be of compelling interest to a considerable range of students of comparative, European (including Russian and Central European) and English literatures (British Isles and American) - as well as those more concerned with theatre studies, the avant-garde and the history of ideas (including humour theory). It should also have a wide appeal to the enthusiastic general reader.