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Author:   Frederick John Hoffman
Publisher:   Princeton University Press
Imprint:   Princeton University Press
Volume:   3914
Dimensions:   Width: 12.70cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 20.30cm
Weight:   0.624kg
ISBN:  

9780691650326

ISBN 10:   0691650322
Pages:   524
Publication Date:   19 April 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Language:   English

Table of Contents

"*Frontmatter, pg. i*PREFACE, pg. vii*ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, pg. xi*CONTENTS, pg. xv*INTRODUCTION: A LOOK AT THE TERMS, pg. 1*1. VIOLENCE AND DECORUM, pg. 23*2. THE CONSEQUENCES OF SECULAR GRACE, pg. 94*3. THE ASSAILANT AND THE VICTIM: SOME DEFINITIONS OF MODERN VIOLENCE, pg. 139*4. THE MOMENT OF VIOLENCE: ERNST JUENGER AND THE LITERARY PROBLEM OF FACT, pg. 158*5. THE SCENE OF VIOLENCE: DOSTOEVSKY AND DREISER, pg. 179*6. THE IMAGERY OF CATASTROPHE, pg. 202*7. ""TERROR'S UNIQUE ENIGMA"": THE LITERATURE OF WORLD WAR II, pg. 224*8. THE HERO IN ABSENTIA: THE CONCENTRATION CAMP, pg. 267*9. KAFKA'S THE TRIAL: THE ASSAILANT AS LANDSCAPE, pg. 291*10. THE TRANSCENDENT SELF, pg. 317*11. ""ECSTATIC TEMPORALITY"": THE SELF IN TIME, pg. 341*12. ""THE BOOK OF HIMSELF"": JOYCE AND LAWRENCE, pg. 393*13. EXISTENTIALIST LIVING AND DYING, pg. 424*14. CONCLUSION: THE WHEEL OF SELF, pg. 453*INDEX, pg. 495"

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