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Conceptions of the Absurd: From Surrealism to Chestov's and Fondane's Existential Thought (Legenda Main Series) - Softcover

Fotiade, Ramona

 
9781900755474: Conceptions of the Absurd: From Surrealism to Chestov's and Fondane's Existential Thought (Legenda Main Series)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1900755475 ISBN 13: 9781900755474
Publisher: Routledge, 2001

Synopsis

The concept of the Absurd was a source of fascination for artists and intellectuals throughout the twentieth century. Two interpretations in particular were to provide major reference points for French writers in the 1920s and 1930s: the Surrealist 'free functioning of thought', and the existential critique of rational discourse elaborated by Leon Chestov(1866-1938) and Benjamine Fondane(1898-1944). In this highly original study, Fotiade examines the less familiar existential line, and shows that Chestov and Fondane's project found both support and illustration in the force-field of the Surrealist movement. the work of such dissident writers as Antonin Artuad, Roger Gilbert-Lecomte and Rene Daumal takes on wider intellectual context.

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About the Author

Ramona Fotiade is a Lecturer in French at the University of Glasgow.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2001
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1900755475
ISBN 13 
9781900755474
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
270