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.
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- Title The Absurd in Literature
- Author Neil Cornwell
- Binding Paperback
- Edition annotated editio
- Pages 368
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Manchester University Press, Manchester
- Date October 31, 2006
- Features Annotated, Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
- 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
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