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The outsider by Colin Wilson · Booklabria

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The outsider

PhilosophyHistory and criticism

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First published: 1956
Language: English
Editions: 11

Synopsis

The Outsider is a non-fiction book by Colin Wilson first published in 1956.

Through the works and lives of various artists - including H. G. Wells (Mind at the End of its Tether), Franz Kafka, Albert Camus, Jean-Paul Sartre, T. S. Eliot, Ernest Hemingway, Harley Granville-Barker (The Secret Life), Herman Hesse, T. E. Lawrence, Vincent Van Gogh, Vaslav Nijinsky, George Bernard Shaw, William Blake, Friedrich Nietzsche, Fyodor Dostoevsky and G. I. Gurdjieff - Wilson explores the psyche of the Outsider, his effect on society, and society's effect on him.

Subjects: Philosophy
History and criticism
Civilization
Modern Literature
Alienation
Civilization, philosophy
Time: 1956

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