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Conceptions of the Absurd|Ramona Fotiade

Conceptions of the Absurd : From Surrealism to Chestov's and Fondane's Existential Thought

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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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  • ISBN-13: 9781900755474
  • ISBN-10: 1900755475
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • Publish Date: August 2001
  • Dimensions: 8.54 x 5.64 x 0.78 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.93 pounds
  • Page Count: 270

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