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G.E. Nordell


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books on existentialism

existantialist fiction

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Existentialist Philosophers

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Nicola Abbagnano
booksWikipedia

Italian site
S.W.I.F. site in Italian or in English

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Albert Camus [1913-1960] Page

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Simone de Beauvoir [1908-86]
booksWikipedia

Simone de Beauvoir's Existential Ethics by Kristana Arp  "The Bonds of Freedom: Simone de Beauvoir's Existential Ethics"
[2001] by Kristana Arp

Open Court 9x6 pb [9/2001] for $13.97
Open Court 9x5¾ hardcover [9/2001] for $42.95
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Martin Heidegger [1889-1976] Page

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Karl Jaspers [1883-1969]
booksWikipedia

Karl Jaspers Society of North America
Karl Jaspers Society of Austria

Philosophy of Existence book by Karl Jaspers  
"Philosophy of Existence" [1958]
by Karl Jaspers, 1971 translation by Richard F. Grabau

Univ PA Press 8x5 pb [6/71] for $18.95

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Søren Kierkegaard [1813-55]
browse booksWikipedia

Ilse's Søren Kierkegaardsite
I.E.P. Søren Kierkegaard site
S.E.P. Søren Kierkegaard pages

Kierkegaard in 90 Minutes book by Paul Strathern  
"Kierkegaard in 90 Minutes" [1997]
Ivan R. Dee, Publr 8x5 pb [11/2001] for $7.95
Ivan R. Dee, Publr 8½x5¼ hardcover [4/97] for $14.95
Kierkegaard's Existential Ethics book by George J. Stack   "Kierkegaard's Existential Ethics" [1992]
by George J. Stack

Ashgate hardcover [1/92] for $61.94

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Jean-Paul Sartre [1905-80] Page




Books on Existentialism
http://www.amazon.com/Existentialism-Dummies-Religion-Spirituality/dp/0470276991/ref=pd_sim_b_87
http://www.amazon.com/Existentialism-Beginners-David-Cogswell/dp/1934389218/ref=pd_sim_b_10

Existentialism Very Short Introduction book by Thomas Flynn   "Existentialism: A Very Short Introduction" [2006]
by Thomas Flynn

Oxford Univ Press mass pb [11/2006] for $9.56
Existentialism Second Edition book by Robert C. Solomon   "Existentialism, Second Edition" [orig 1974, rev 2004]
by Robert C. Solomon

Oxford Univ Press 8¼x5½ pb [9/2004] for $28.75
1st edition: McGraw-Hill mass pb [2/74] for $9.67
Basic Writings of Existentialism book edited by Gordon Marino   "Basic Writings of Existentialism" [2004]
Edited by Gordon Marino

Modern Library Classics 8x5¼ pb [4/2004] for $12.21
The Existentialists Critical Essays on Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Sartre book edited by Charles Guignon   "The Existentialists: Critical Essays On Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger & Sartre" [2003]
Edited by Charles Guignon

Rowman & Littlefield 8¾x6 pb [12/2003] for $25.95
Rowman & Littlefield 9¼x6 hardcover [12/2003] for $83.00
Introducing Existentialism book by Richard Appignanesi & Oscar Zarate  "Introducing Existentialism" [2002]
by Richard Appignanesi & Oscar Zarate

Icon/Totem 8x5½ pb [4/2006] for $11.01
Icon/Totem 8¼x5½ pb [4/2002] out of print/used
Introducing Camus book by David Zane Mairowitz & Alain Korkos  "Introducing Camus" [1998]
by David Zane Mairowitz & Alain Korkos

8¼x5½ pb [11/2007] for $11.01
8x5½ pb [9/98] out of print/used

Maison d'Être's Albert Camus [1913-60] Page

Existentialism and Human Existence book 2 by Thomas R. Koenig   "Existentialism and Human Existence: An Account of Five Major Philosophers" Volume 2 [1997]
by Thomas R. Koenig

Kierkegaard, Ortega y Gasset, Buber, Berdyaev & Paul Ricoeur
Krieger 9x6¼ hardcover [9/97] for $31.49
Existentialism and Human Existence book 1 by Thomas R. Koenig  "Existentialism and Human Existence: An Account of Five Major Philosophers" Volume 1 [1992]
by Thomas R. Koenig

Husserl, Camus, Jaspers, G. Marcel & Heidegger
Krieger 9x6¼ hardcover [7/92] for $25.49
Existentialist Philosophy Introduction book by Nathan L. Oaklander   "Existentialist Philosophy: An Introduction" [1991]
by Nathan L. Oaklander

Prentice Hall 9¼x6½ 2nd edition hardcover [9/95] for $0.00
From Rationalism To Existentialism book by Robert C. Solomon  "From Rationalism To Existentialism" [1992]
by Robert C. Solomon

Rowman & Littlefield 9x6 pb [2/2001] for $27.95
Littlefield Adams hardcover [1/92] out of print/used
Existentialism Philosophy book by C. Stephen Evans   "Existentialism: The Philosophy of Despair and The Quest For Hope" [1984]
by C. Stephen Evans

Probe Books/W Publng 8x5¼ pb [1984] out of print/used
Zondervan/Probe pb [1984] out of print/used
author's Baylor University faculty page
Worlds of Existentialism book edited by Maurice Friedman   "Worlds of Existentialism: A Critical Reader" [1964]
Edited by Maurice Friedman

Delmar 8½x5½ pb [4/91] for $27.30

"Existential Imagination" [1963]
anthology of existential fiction, edited by Frederick R. Karl & Leo Hamalian
Fawcett pb [1/2000] out of print/used
Pan Books pb [1973] out of print/used

Irrational Man book by William Barrett  
"Irrational Man: A Study In Existential Philosophy" [1962]
by William Barrett

Anchor Books 8x5 pb [7/62] for $10.36
Introduction to Existentialism book by Robert G. Olson   "An Introduction To Existentialism" [1962]
by Robert G. Olson

Dover Publns 8½x5½ pb [6/62] for $9.95
From Shakespeare To Existentialism essays by Walter Kaufmann   "From Shakespeare To Existentialism: Essays On Shakespeare & Goethe; Hegel & Kierkegaard; Nietzsche, Rilke & Freud; Jaspers, Heidegger & Toynbee" [1960]
by Walter Kaufmann

Princeton Univ Press 8¼x5½ pb [6/80] for $25.90
Princeton Univ Press hardcover [6/80] out of print/used
Six Existentialist Thinkers book by Harold J. Blackham   "Six Existentialist Thinkers: Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Jaspers, Marcel, Heidegger, Sartre" [1952]
by H.J. Blackham

Routledge 8½x5½ pb [1/83] for $34.95
Routledge & Kegan Paul hardcover [12/52] out of print/used

"The Existentialists: A Critical Study" [1952]
by James Daniel Collins
Regnery pb [6/68] out of print/used
Greenwood hardcover [6/77] out of print/used




Existentialist  Fiction
besides that of the authors above

"Gunsight: An Existential Western" by G.E. Nordell   { pending }

Mysteries novel by Knut Hamsun  "Mysteries: A Novel" [1892]
by Knut Hamsun [1859-1952] of Norway

The inhabitants of a small Norwegian coastal town are shaken by the arrival of Johan Nagel, an eccentric stranger who proceeds to shock, bewilder, and beguile them with his bizarre behavior, feverish rants, and uncompromising Modernist psychological self-revelations. {An underlying theme of the book is the question, "Why live?"}
introduction & translation by Sverre Lyngstad
Penguin Classics 7¾x5 pb [1/2001] for $11.25
introduction by Sven Birkerts, translation by Gerry Bothmer
FS&G 8x5¼ pb [8/2006] for $10.20
book entry at Wikipedia




Links

Existentialism entry at Wikipedia

C.S. Wyatt's Existentialism Primer

Existentialist Film Festival




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