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The Outsider
Colin Wilson
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Description for The Outsider
Paperback. The classic study of alienation, creativity and the modern mind Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JMH; JMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 236.
The classic study of alienation, creativity and the modern mind
'Excitingly written, with a sense of revelation' GUARDIAN
THE OUTSIDER was an instant literary sensation when it was first published in 1956, thrusting its youthful author into the front rank of contemporary writers and thinkers. Wilson rationalised the psychological dislocation so characteristic of Western creative thinking into a coherent theory of alienation, and defined those affected by it as a type: the outsider. Through the works and lives of various artists, including Kafka, Camus, Hemingway, Hesse, Lawrence, Van Gogh, Shaw, Nietzsche and Dostoevsky, Wilson explored the psyche of the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780753814321
SKU
V9780753814321
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About Colin Wilson
Colin Wilson was a prominent philosopher and novelist. Wilson called his philosophy 'new existentialism'. He is perhaps best known for THE OUTSIDER. It has never been out of print and has been translated into over thirty languages.
Reviews for The Outsider
Few first authors have burst upon the world of serious books with such stunning and immediate success
DAILY EXPRESS
Excitingly written, with a sense of revelation
GUARDIAN
The most remarkable book on which the reviewer has ever had to pass judgement
LISTENER
I am deeply grateful for this astonishing book
Edith Sitwell [An] ... Read more
DAILY EXPRESS
Excitingly written, with a sense of revelation
GUARDIAN
The most remarkable book on which the reviewer has ever had to pass judgement
LISTENER
I am deeply grateful for this astonishing book
Edith Sitwell [An] ... Read more