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Existential Literature

Existential Literature is a genre of literary expression characterized by its exploration of individual freedom, authenticity, and the confrontation with fundamental existential conditions such as absurdity, alienation, and death, rooted in the philosophical tenets of Existentialism.

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45

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12

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2017–2026

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Publications

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Nietzsche: Life as Literature

Kathleen Marie Higgins, Alexander Nehamas · Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism · 1986 · 772 citations

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Nietzsche: Life as Literature.

Richard Schacht, Alexander Nehamas · The Philosophical Review · 1988 · 464 citations

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The search for meaning.

Joseph R. Royce · American Scientist · 1959 · 368 citations

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Nietzsche: Life as Literature

Stephen Dunning, Alexander Nehamas · Poetics Today · 1986 · 206 citations

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<b> Existential <i>there:</i> </b> A synchronic and diachronic study. By Leiv Egil Breivik. (Studia Anglistica Norvegica, 2.) Bergen: Department of English, University of Bergen, 1983. Pp. xiv, 458. Kr. 135.00.

Roderick A. Jacobs · Language · 1984 · 155 citations

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Authors

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  1. AN
    Alexander Nehamas

    Princeton University, United States

    4 publications · 1.5K citations

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  2. WK
    Walter Kaufmann

    ETH Zurich, Switzerland

    2 publications · 28 citations

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  3. BC
    Brendan Canavan

    University of Huddersfield, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 28 citations

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  4. WW
    Will W. Adams

    Duquesne University, United States

    1 publications · 11 citations

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  5. MP
    Martina Pavlíková

    Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Slovakia

    1 publications · 14 citations

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Institutions

12

  1. University of Huddersfield

    Huddersfield, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    28 citations

  2. Cal Humanities

    San Francisco, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    27 citations

  3. Maastricht University

    Maastricht, The Netherlands

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    27 citations

  4. Western Michigan University

    Kalamazoo, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    45 citations

  5. Binghamton University

    Binghamton, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    14 citations

  6. New York University

    New York, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

  7. University of Memphis

    Memphis, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    17 citations

  8. National Archives of Australia

    Canberra, Australia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    30 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 6 publications · 197 citations

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  2. The Philosophical Review

    2 publications · 480 citations

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  3. The Modern Language Review

    2 publications · 133 citations

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  4. Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism

    2 publications · 786 citations

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