René Marill-Albérès
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This is a study of Kafka's tragic vision of life, his profoundly disturbing awareness of man's utter loneliness in a pitiless universe, and his artistry in effecting a strange intimate fusion between symbolism and realism - between anguished poetic narration and the terrifying reality of an absurd and ambiguous environment. The book discusses the historical setting, the literary currents, and the personal details affecting the development of Kafka's...
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Professor Albérès in this well-ordered volume traces through successive works the elaboration of various concepts now linked to French Existentialism - anguish, nausea, hypocrisy, lucidity, consciousness, conformity, commitment, ethical values, situation, etc. Translated from the French by Wade Baskin.
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