Literature and Philosophy - Telling Tales of Nonsense

This book examines the relationship between literature and philosophy.

List of contents

2. A Love That Kills: The Idiot 3. Philosophical and textual strands of Il Deserto dei Tartari 4. Shades of Love in Love in The Time of Cholera 5. Camus, the absurd Meursault, and Alexandros Panagoulis 6. Prisoners of Life: Dostoevsky's Hero and Anti-hero 7. The Bad Faith of the Nonexistent Knight 8. Neo-Platonic love in fictional obsession Epilogue

About the author

Alberto Castelli is a writer and a humanities professor at Hainan University, China. He is known for his extensive work on modernism, postmodern dynamics, and cross-cultural studies. Some of his notable publications include: "Eros and Thanatos. Love Across Civilizations" (2023), "Love, Beauty or Morality (Springer 2024), "A Love for Nothingness, A Love for Death. The Metaphysics of Desire" (2024), "The Labyrinth of Love. A Tale of Latin American Romance" (2024) and "Romance in the Time of Modernism. A Literature of Silence" (2024).

Product details

• Authors: Alberto Castelli
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.09.2025
• EAN: 9781032978208
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3297820-8
• No. of pages: 154
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Literature, PHILOSOPHY / General, Philosophy, LITERARY CRITICISM / Comparative Literature, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000