TY - BOOK AU - Heavilin,Barbara A. TI - From an Existential Vacuum to a Tragic Optimism: the Search for Meaning and Presence of God in Modern Literature SN - 9781443863438 AV - PN56.G57 .H384 2013 U1 - 809.93382 PY - 2013/// CY - Newcastle upon Tyne PB - Cambridge Scholars Publishing KW - God in literature KW - Meaning (Philosophy) in literature KW - Religion and literature KW - Dieu dans la littérature KW - Signification (Philosophie) dans la littérature KW - Religion et littérature KW - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY KW - Literary KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Englisch KW - gnd KW - Existenz KW - Motiv KW - Gottesfrage KW - Literatur KW - Electronic book N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Table of contents; abbreviations; abbreviations; illustration; preface; acknowledgements; introduction; abbreviations; part i; chapter one; chapter two; chapter three; part ii; chapter four; chapter five; chapter six; part iii; chapter seven; chapter eight; chapter nine; notes; bibliography; index N2 - From an Existential Vacuum to a Tragic Optimism: The Search for Meaning and the Presence of God in Modern Literature employs a new theoretical approach to critical analysis: Victor Frankl's logotherapy (from the Greek ""logos"" for word or reason and often related to divine wisdom), a unique form of existentialism. On the basis of his observations of the power of human endurance and transcendence - the discovery of meaning even in the midst of harrowing circumstances - Frankl diagnoses the mala UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=810529 ER -