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The Outsider

By Colin Wilson

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The Outsider

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The classic study of alienation, creativity and the modern mind 'Excitingly written, with a sense of revelation' GUARDIAN THE OUTSIDER was an instant literary sensation when it was first published in 1956, thrusting its youthful author into the front rank of contemporary writers and thinkers. Wilson rationalised the psychological dislocation so characteristic of Western creative thinking into a coherent theory of alienation, and defined those affected by it as a type: the outsider. Through the works and lives of various artists, including Kafka, Camus, Hemingway, Hesse, Lawrence, Van Gogh, Shaw, Nietzsche and Dostoevsky, Wilson explored the psyche of the outsider, his effect on society and society's on him. Nothing that has happened in the decades since has made THE OUTSIDER any less relevant; it remains the seminal work on this most persistent of modern-day preoccupations.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
2
Number of Pages:
336
Release Date:
2001-12-06
Publication Date:
2001-12-06
Publisher:
Orion Publishing Co
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0753814323
ISBN13:
9780753814321
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
258 g
Height:
129 cm
Width:
199 cm
Thickness:
22 cm
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