Book | Section
Pessimism and optimism in the human condition
The limit situations of existence
pp. 95-169
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The present tide of pessimism in philosophy and letters
Agonistic literature and Cervantes' message
pp.97-124
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-7720-4_2
Is the battle with alienation the raison d'être of twentieth-century protagonists?
pp.125-136
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-7720-4_3
Nihilism, reason, and death
Reflections on John Barth's floating opera
pp.137-151
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-7720-4_4