{"product_id":"martin-eden-and-the-education-of-henry-adams-the-advent-of-existentialism-in-american-literature-9780595390571","title":"Martin Eden and The Education of Henry Adams: The Advent of Existentialism in American Literature","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis volume argues that Jack London's \u003ci\u003eMartin Eden\u003c\/i\u003e and Henry Adams' \u003ci\u003eThe Education of Henry Adams\u003c\/i\u003e are two of the first works in American literature to embody the motif of existentialism. The development of the existential dilemma in each work will be supported through references to earlier European existentialist writers, with Nietzsche as a focal point.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe 19th century fin de si cle was a time of tremendous change, both materially and philosophically. The dawn of the last century was a time of great wealth and imperialistic expansion for Western civilization, but also a time in which the seeds were sown for later military conflict; the enormity of which the world had never witnessed before. From the vantage point of the post-World War years, the materialism of the fin de si cle was a decorative fa ade that concealed from view the underlying reality of the human abyss. The outbreak of the First World War changed all of that, and the two works examined here anticipated that change. Henry James described the underlying reality of the fin de si cle when he remarked: \"To have to take it all now for what the treacherous years were all the while making for and meaning is too tragic for any words.\" Henry Adams and Jack London mirror this sentiment in their respective works by depicting the philosophical turbulence of the 19th century fin de si cle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James Burrill Angell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/24\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 84\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780595390571\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"iUniverse","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40724199833715,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":10.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_d28db82e-0533-4b4f-9526-9c4cea319b5f.jpg?v=1677248475","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/martin-eden-and-the-education-of-henry-adams-the-advent-of-existentialism-in-american-literature-9780595390571","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}