Existentialism and alienation in American literature / by Sidney Finkelstein.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, NY : International Publishers, c1967.Description: 314 pages ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 65016394
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 810.93
LOC classification:
  • PS 228.E9 F5 1965
Contents:
Chapter one. introduction -- art and philosophy -- Chapter two. the Enlightenment -- doubts and concepts -- Chapter three. Capitalism viewed by Kierkegaard and Marx -- Chapter four. Dostoievsky -- realist and anti-realist -- Chapter five. Nietzsche -- the myth and the unconscious -- Chapter six. existentialism and German fascism -- Husserl, Heidegger and Jaspers -- Chapter seven. social responsibility of the existentialist artist -- Camus and Sartre -- Chapter eight. sociological and literary depiction of alienation -- Marx, Balzac and Eugene O'Neill -- Chapter nine. alienation as a literary style -- F. Scott Fitzgerald and T.S. Elliot -- Chapter ten. conflict between humanization and alienation -- William Faulkner -- Chapter eleven. alienation and rebellion to nowhere -- John Dos Passos and Henry Miller -- Chapter twelve. cold war, religious revival and family alienation -- William Styron, J.D. Salinger, and Edward Albee --
Chapter thirteen. alienated expressions and existentialist answers -- A. acceptance of alienation : John Updike and James Purdy -- B. lost social convictions and existentialism : Arthur Miller and Saul Bellow -- C. existentialism and social demands : Norman Mailer and James Baldwin --
Chapter fourteen. the moralist of human progress.
Summary: "After a discussion of the philosophical background (Kierkegaard to Heidegger) the author examines the existentialist thought of Camus and Sartre, as it applies particularly to the problem of social responsibility. With many illuminating comparisons in the realm of world literature, he then proceeds to trace the influence of alienation in American letters since World War I, and its relation to the existentialist answer. Among those discussed are O'Neill, Fitzgerald, Eliot, Faulkner, Dos Passos, Henry Miller, Styron, Salinger, Albee, Updike, Purdy, Bellow, Mailer and Baldwin. The first of its kind, the book provides a provocative and thoughtful criticism of contemporary American literature." -- from book jacket
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-308) and index.

Chapter one. introduction -- art and philosophy -- Chapter two. the Enlightenment -- doubts and concepts -- Chapter three. Capitalism viewed by Kierkegaard and Marx -- Chapter four. Dostoievsky -- realist and anti-realist -- Chapter five. Nietzsche -- the myth and the unconscious -- Chapter six. existentialism and German fascism -- Husserl, Heidegger and Jaspers -- Chapter seven. social responsibility of the existentialist artist -- Camus and Sartre -- Chapter eight. sociological and literary depiction of alienation -- Marx, Balzac and Eugene O'Neill -- Chapter nine. alienation as a literary style -- F. Scott Fitzgerald and T.S. Elliot -- Chapter ten. conflict between humanization and alienation -- William Faulkner -- Chapter eleven. alienation and rebellion to nowhere -- John Dos Passos and Henry Miller -- Chapter twelve. cold war, religious revival and family alienation -- William Styron, J.D. Salinger, and Edward Albee --

Chapter thirteen. alienated expressions and existentialist answers -- A. acceptance of alienation : John Updike and James Purdy -- B. lost social convictions and existentialism : Arthur Miller and Saul Bellow -- C. existentialism and social demands : Norman Mailer and James Baldwin --

Chapter fourteen. the moralist of human progress.

"After a discussion of the philosophical background (Kierkegaard to Heidegger) the author examines the existentialist thought of Camus and Sartre, as it applies particularly to the problem of social responsibility. With many illuminating comparisons in the realm of world literature, he then proceeds to trace the influence of alienation in American letters since World War I, and its relation to the existentialist answer. Among those discussed are O'Neill, Fitzgerald, Eliot, Faulkner, Dos Passos, Henry Miller, Styron, Salinger, Albee, Updike, Purdy, Bellow, Mailer and Baldwin. The first of its kind, the book provides a provocative and thoughtful criticism of contemporary American literature." -- from book jacket

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