The seventh solitude
by Ralph Harper
Description
In these three predecessors of existentialism, all of whom were profoundly influenced by Stendahl, the author finds evidence of that spiritual isolation which leads ultimately to personal solitude and philosophical nihilism. To these negative modes of being he opposes the alternatives embodied by St. Augustine and Proust -- the passion for God and the passion for creation.
Subjects
Dostoyevsky, Fedor Mikhailovich, 1821-1881
Social isolation in literature
Isolation
Einsamkeit
Loneliness
Literature (fiction and non fiction)
17.90 literature in relation with other areas of science and culture
Kierkegaard, soren, 1813-1855
Dostoyevsky, fyodor, 1821-1881
Nietzsche, friedrich wilhelm, 1844-1900
Social isolation
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