Hedonism and the Hobbesian: the dichotomy of the creator in a European literary State of Nature

by Harry Taylor

Essay from the year 2011 in the subject Didactics - English - Literature, Works, grade: 74, University of Warwick, language: English, abstract: This essay aims to address the dichotomy faced by the 'creator' in the European novel - a collision between the fundamental desire to strive for immortality by projecting a shadow of oneself through time, or to adopt a hedonistic disregard for convention born from a failure (or unwillingness) to achieve the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3656352984
• ISBN13: 9783656352983
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Grin Verlag
• Length: 20 Pages
• Weight: 0.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.0" x 7.0" x 10.0"