Conceptions of the Absurd: From Surrealism to Chestov's and Fondane's Existential Thought (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781900755474)

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.

Author: Ramona Fotiade
ISBN-10: 1900755475
ISBN-13: 9781900755474
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 08/31/2001
Pages: 270
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.93lbs
Size: 8.54h x 5.64w x 0.78d