The Age of the Crisis of Man
| Author | : Mark Greif |
| Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
| Total Pages | : 448 |
| Release | : 2016-11-08 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780691173290 |
| ISBN-13 | : 069117329X |
| Rating | : 4/5 (29X Downloads) |
Download or read book The Age of the Crisis of Man written by Mark Greif and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2016-11-08 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction: the "crisis of man" as obscurity and re-enlightenment -- Currents through the War -- The end of the War and after -- Transmission -- Criticism and the literary crisis of man -- Studies in fiction -- Saul Bellow and Ralph Ellison: man and history, the questions -- Ralph Ellison and Saul Bellow: history and man, the answers -- Flannery O'Connor and faith -- Thomas Pynchon and technology -- Transmutation -- The Sixties as big bang -- Universal philosophy and antihumanist theory -- Conclusion: moral history and the twentieth century.