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The absurd hero in American fiction : Updike, Styron, Bellow, Salinger / by David Galloway.
LIBRA PS379 .G24 1981 copy 2
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Galloway, David D.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
- American fiction.
- Heroes in literature.
- Absurd (Philosophy) in literature.
- Absurd (Philosophy).
- Heroes.
- Literature.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copies 1 & 2)
- Physical Description:
- xv, 265 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- Second revised edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Austin : University of Texas Press, [1981]
- Contents:
- Preface
- The myth of the absurd
- The absurd man as saint
- The absurd man as tragic hero
- The absurd man as picaro
- The love ethic
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Bibliography: pages [239]-258.
- Includes index.
- Local Notes:
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copies 1 & 2 have dustjacket retained.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Galloway, David D. Absurd hero in American fiction.
- ISBN:
- 0292703562
- 9780292703568
- 0292703554
- 9780292703551
- OCLC:
- 7601237
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