This volume argues that Jack London's "Martin Eden" and Henry Adams' "The Education of Henry Adams" are two of the first works in American literature to embody the motif of existentialism. The development of the existential dilemma in each work will be supported through references to earlier European existentialist writers, with Nietzsche as a focal point.
The 19th century fin de siecle was a time of tremendous change, both materially and philosophically. The dawn of the last century was a time of great wealth and imperialistic expansion for Western civilization, but also a time in...
This volume argues that Jack London's "Martin Eden" and Henry Adams' "The Education of Henry Adams" are two of the first works in American literatu...
