2001, ISBN: 0226075435

[EAN: 9780226075433], Neubuch, [PU: University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL], Paperback. In an age of upheaval and challenged faith, traditional heroes are hard to come by, and harder st… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780226075433], Neubuch, [PU: University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL], Paperback. In an age of upheaval and challenged faith, traditional heroes are hard to come by, and harder still to love, with their bloodstained hands and backs unbowed by the consequences of their actions. Through penetrating readings of key works of modern European literature, Victor Brombert shows how a new kind of hero—the antihero—has arisen to replace the toppled heroic model. Though they fail, by design, to live up to conventional expectations of mythic heroes, antiheroes are not necessarily "failures." They display different kinds of courage more in tune with our time and our needs: deficiency translated into strength, failure experienced as honesty, dignity achieved through humiliation. Brombert explores these paradoxes in the works of Buchner, Gogol, Dostoevsky, Flaubert, Svevo, Hasek, Frisch, Camus, and Levi. Coming from diverse cultural and linguistic traditions, these writers all use the figure of the antihero to question handed-down assumptions, to reexamine moral categories, and to raise issues of survival and renewal embodying the spirit of an uneasy age. "Brombert's investigation is expert; his choice of texts canonical . . . his approach broadly humanist. An impressive and ambitious project."-"Choice" In an age of upheaval and challenged faith, traditional heroes are hard to come by, and harder still to love, with their bloodstained hands and backs unbowed by the consequences of their actions. Through penetrating readings of key works of modern European literature, Victor Brombert shows how a new kind of hero-the antihero-has arisen to replace the toppled heroic model. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability., Books<

2001, ISBN: 0226075435

[EAN: 9780226075433], Neubuch, [PU: The University of Chicago Press, United States], Language: English. Brand new Book. Through critical readings of key works of modern European literatur… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780226075433], Neubuch, [PU: The University of Chicago Press, United States], Language: English. Brand new Book. Through critical readings of key works of modern European literature, Victor Brombert shows how a new kind of hero - the antihero - has arisen to replace the toppled heroic model. Though they fail, by design, to live up to conventional expectations of mythic heroes, antiheroes are not necessarily "failures." They display different kinds of courage more in tune with our time and our needs: deficiency translated into strength, failure experienced as honesty, dignity achieved through humiliation. Brombert explores these paradoxes in the works of Buchner, Gogol, Dostoevsky, Flaubert, Svevo, Hasek, Frisch, Camus, and Levi. Coming from diverse cultural and linguistic traditions, these writers all use the figure of the antihero to question handed-down assumptions, to re-examine moral categories, and to raise issues of survival and renewal embodying the spirit of an uneasy age., Books<

2001, ISBN: 9780226075433

University of Chicago Press, Taschenbuch, 178 Seiten, Publiziert: 2001-11-01T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, 0.63 kg, Verkaufsrang: 2426, 20. Jahrhundert, Moderne, Bewegungen & Epochen, L… Mehr…

University of Chicago Press, Taschenbuch, 178 Seiten, Publiziert: 2001-11-01T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, 0.63 kg, Verkaufsrang: 2426, 20. Jahrhundert, Moderne, Bewegungen & Epochen, Literaturgeschichte & -kritik, Literatur & Fiktion, Kategorien, Bücher, Europäische Literatur, Regionen & Kulturkreise, US-amerikanische Literatur, University of Chicago Press, 2001<