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Muriel Spark, existentialism and the art of death
- Author / Creator
- Available as
- Online
- Summary
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This volume proposes that Christian existentialism and, in particular, the work of Soren Kierkegaard, helped shape Spark's religious commitments and her artistic innovations.
Details
- Creator
- Cairns Craig
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2021
- Series
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (viii, 224 pages)
- ISBNs
- 9781474464987, 147446498X, 9781474447225, 1474447228, 1474447201
- OCLC
- on1312727051
- Previously issued in print: 2019.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Living Next Door to Death -- 2. Resisting Realism -- 3. Kierkegaard: The Limits of the Aesthetic -- 4. Negating Sartre -- 5. Repetition -- 6. The Geopolitics of the Personal -- 7. The Art of Death -- Index