{"product_id":"the-dynamics-of-the-absurd-richard-baker-9780820420790","title":"The Dynamics of the Absurd in the Existentialist Novel","description":"In 1942, the French author Albert Camus, in an essay titled \u003ci\u003eThe Myth of Sisyphus\u003c\/i\u003e, wrote a comprehensive analysis of the absurd to explain his novel \u003ci\u003eThe Stranger\u003c\/i\u003e. Using Camus's essay as a matrix for the absurd, this book is a rigorous examination of other contemporary existentialist writers and their novels: the French writer Jean-Paul Sartre provides us with his important absurdist text \u003ci\u003eNausea\u003c\/i\u003e; the Spanish writer Miguel de Unamuno, \u003ci\u003eMist\u003c\/i\u003e; and the two American writers Richard Wright, \u003ci\u003eNative Son\u003c\/i\u003e and Walker Percy, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Gentleman\u003c\/i\u003e. Since \u003ci\u003eThe Dynamics of the Absurd in the Existentialist Novel\u003c\/i\u003e is a comparative study, different authors are invoked from various cultures to demonstrate the vast viability of Camus's criteria for the absurd and to determine the interpretive results which can be gleaned from its application.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Baker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0820420794\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820420790\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/1993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Richard Baker","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48241117954303,"sku":"9780820420790","price":53.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_adfb53df-7c5e-46a6-a806-464ce689b35a.jpg?v=1772652822","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-dynamics-of-the-absurd-richard-baker-9780820420790","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}