Existential Literature: An Introduction

About this book

This anthology with introductions presents the major figures of existentialism including Dostoyevsky Sartre Beauvoir Kierkegaard and Nietzsche through their literary rather than philosophical writings. This approach makes for an anthology that captures readerss attention and helps them to understand the philosophers views . Each selection includes an introduction that provides philosophical background a section on the basic existential concepts covered in the reading and insightful questions.