Martin Eden and The Education of Henry Adams: The Advent of Existentialism in American Literature

by James Burrill Angell

This volume argues that Jack London's Martin Eden and Henry Adams' The Education of Henry Adams 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.

The 19th century fin de si cle was a time of tremendous change, both materially...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0595390579
• ISBN13: 9780595390571
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Length: 84 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"