Self-haunting : gnosticism, romanticism, Kierkegaard, Beckett, and Ashbery /

A study in the literature of selfhood across time, Self-haunting analyses how the Gnostics, the romantics, Kierkegaard, Beckett and Ashbery dramatize the self's struggle to fulfill an ideal of integrity and autonomy that will not let it go.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Quinney, Laura (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Londo ; New York : Anthem Press, 2026.
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Summary:A study in the literature of selfhood across time, Self-haunting analyses how the Gnostics, the romantics, Kierkegaard, Beckett and Ashbery dramatize the self's struggle to fulfill an ideal of integrity and autonomy that will not let it go.
Physical Description:xix, 167 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages [161]-164) and index.
ISBN:9781839999086
183999908X