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Muriel Spark, Existentialism and The Art of Death

Cairns Craig

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Description:Contextualises Muriel Spark’s writings in the tradition of Christian existentialism and its insistence on ‘being towards death’ This book proposes that Christian existentialism and, in particular, the work of Søren Kierkegaard, helped shape Spark’s religious commitments and her artistic innovations. Because of the prominence, after the Second World War, of the atheistic existentialism of Jean-Paul Sartre, it is often forgotten that existentialism was originally a Christian philosophy, shaped by followers of Kierkegaard such as Karl Jaspers and Gabriel Marcel. Craig traces in Spark’s writings both the influence of Kierkegaard and of Spark’s resistance to Sartre’s co-option of existentialism to an atheistic agenda. Kierkegaard’s analysis of the nature of the ‘aesthetic’ as a false mode of existence that has to be transcended by the ethical and then by the religious provides a fundamental structure for Spark’s satirical analyses of the failings of the modern world. Key FeaturesWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Muriel Spark, Existentialism and The Art of Death. To get started finding Muriel Spark, Existentialism and The Art of Death, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Contextualises Muriel Spark’s writings in the tradition of Christian existentialism and its insistence on ‘being towards death’ This book proposes that Christian existentialism and, in particular, the work of Søren Kierkegaard, helped shape Spark’s religious commitments and her artistic innovations. Because of the prominence, after the Second World War, of the atheistic existentialism of Jean-Paul Sartre, it is often forgotten that existentialism was originally a Christian philosophy, shaped by followers of Kierkegaard such as Karl Jaspers and Gabriel Marcel. Craig traces in Spark’s writings both the influence of Kierkegaard and of Spark’s resistance to Sartre’s co-option of existentialism to an atheistic agenda. Kierkegaard’s analysis of the nature of the ‘aesthetic’ as a false mode of existence that has to be transcended by the ethical and then by the religious provides a fundamental structure for Spark’s satirical analyses of the failings of the modern world. Key FeaturesWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Muriel Spark, Existentialism and The Art of Death. To get started finding Muriel Spark, Existentialism and The Art of Death, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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