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From an Existential Vacuum to a Tragic Optimism : The Search for Meaning and Presence of God in Modern Literature.

Heavilin, Barbara A.

From an Existential Vacuum to a Tragic Optimism : The Search for Meaning and Presence of God in Modern Literature. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (218 pages)

Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- ILLUSTRATION -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- ABBREVIATIONS -- PART I -- CHAPTER ONE -- CHAPTER TWO -- CHAPTER THREE -- PART II -- CHAPTER FOUR -- CHAPTER FIVE -- CHAPTER SIX -- PART III -- CHAPTER SEVEN -- CHAPTER EIGHT -- CHAPTER NINE -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.

From an Existential Vacuum to a Tragic Optimism: The Search for Meaning and the Presence of God in Modern Literature employs a new theoretical approach to critical analysis: Victor Frankl’s logotherapy (from the Greek "logos" for word or reason and often related to divine wisdom), a unique form of existentialism. On the basis of his observations of the power of human endurance and transcendence - the discovery of meaning even in the midst of harrowing circumstances - Frankl diagnoses the mala.

9781443863438


God in literature.
Meaning (Philosophy) in literature.
Religion and literature.


Electronic books.

PQ145.1.G6 -- .H438 2013eb

809.3938211

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