Title Quests surd and absurd; essays in American literature / James E. Miller, Jr.

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Description	xii, 271 pages ; 23 cm
Bibliography	Bibliographical footnotes.
Contents	1. Departures, dislocations, descents: Quest absurd: the new American novel -- J.D. Salinger: Some crazy cliff (written with Arthur Heiserman) -- William Faulkner: descent into the vortex -- My Ántonia: a frontier drama of time -- Wharton and Cather: the quest for culture -- 2. Barbaric yawps and mystic murmuring: Walt Whitman: the quest for identity -- Walt Whitman: the quest for spirit -- Whitman and Eliot: the poetry of mysticism -- Emily Dickinson's bright orthography -- Emily Dickinson: the thunder's tongue.
Subject	American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
	American literature.
Chronological Term	19th century
Subject	American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Chronological Term	20th century
Subject	Absurd (Philosophy) in literature.
	Absurd (Philosophy) in literature.
	Littérature américaine -- 19e siècle -- Histoire et critique.
	Littérature américaine -- 20e siècle -- Histoire et critique.
	Absurde (Philosophie) dans la littérature.
	Quête (Littérature)