[Wolff, Kurt Heinrich] Krieger, Murray.

The Tragic Vision – Variations on a theme in literary interpretation.

New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1960. 22 cm. 271 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed / Inscribed by the author Murray Krieger on the endpaper to sociologist Kurt Wolff and his wife Carla: “To Carla and Kurt – who have now learned that the existentialists are wrong – that what is dreadful may not, after all, be free – Affectionately, Murray”. With some annotations by Wolff.

Includes: The Huguenot Anti-Ethic of Andre Gide / The State of Monologue in D.H.Lawrence / Satanism, Sainthood and the Revolution: Andre Malraux – Rebellion and the Realization of Self / Ignazio Silone – The Failure of the Secular Christ / Disease and Health: The Tragic and the Human Realms of Thomas Mann: The End of Faustus: Death and Transfiguartion / The Magic Mountain: The Failure of Spirituel Mediation / The World of Law as Pasteboard Mask: Franz Kafka: Nonentity and the Tragic / Albert Camus: Beyond Nonentity and the Rejection of the Tragic / etc. etc.

• Keywords: Exile · Exilliteratur · Karl Mannheim Connection · Kurt Wolff Collection · Kurt Wolff Library (American Sociologist) · Literary Criticism · Literary Criticism – Rare · Sociology – Rare · Sociology in Exile · Thomas Mann in Literary Criticism
• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 100372AB

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