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Metaphysics and Absurdity (Paperback, Revised)
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Metaphysics and Absurdity (Paperback, Revised)
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The central concern of absurdist writers is the metaphysical
distancing of word and object, thought and reality, essence and
existence. In this book, Blocker argues that the literary problem
of absurdity is basically a metaphysical problem of being, focusing
on the metaphysical distinction of being as essence and being as
existence. Each of the four central chapters of the book compares
philosophical prose with the fiction writing of four major
absurdist writers-Camus, Sartre, Ionesco, and Beckett. The book
contrasts what Ionesco described as the "heavy" and "light" aspects
of absurdity. This opposition is parallel to the contrast between
the negative, pessimistic reading of Western writers-with their
emphasis on "existence"-and the positive, optimistic view of
Eastern, especially Buddhist authors, with their emphasis on
"essence."
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