Eluding the Void: Art and Humor as Anodynes for Witkiewicz, Beckett, and Faulkner
The author considers the extent to which the literary workof these writers was driven by a response to the apparent vacuousness of existence. A brief overview of their lives traces the interplay of eschatological questions and the forces of creativity. Impressions gleaned from such varied backgro...
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Language: | deu |
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Institute of Philosophy of the Jagiellonian University
2013-12-01
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Series: | The Polish Journal of Aesthetics |
Online Access: | https://pjaesthetics.uj.edu.pl/documents/138618288/138871840/eik_31_20.pdf/1d1e53ad-5f92-4956-98be-6a593d61d0d7 |