Around The Outsider: Essays Presented To Colin Wilson On The Occasion Of His 80th Birthday
by Colin Stanley /
2011 / English / EPUB
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In May 1956, aged just 24, Colin Wilson achieved success and
overnight fame with his philosophical study of alienation and
transcendence in modern literature and thought, The Outsider.
Fifty-four years on, and never out of print in English, the book is
still widely read and discussed, having been translated into over
thirty languages. In a remarkably prolific career, Wilson, a true
polymath, has since written over 170 titles: novels, plays and
non-fiction on a variety of subjects. This volume brings together
twenty essays by scholars of Colin Wilson?s work worldwide and is
published in his honour to mark the author?s 80th birthday. Each
contributor has provided an essay on their favourite Wilson book
(or the one they consider to be the most significant). The result
is a varied and stimulating assessment of Wilson?s writings on
philosophy, psychology, literature, criminology and the occult with
critical appraisals of four of his most thought-provoking novels.
Altogether a fitting tribute to a writer
In May 1956, aged just 24, Colin Wilson achieved success and
overnight fame with his philosophical study of alienation and
transcendence in modern literature and thought, The Outsider.
Fifty-four years on, and never out of print in English, the book is
still widely read and discussed, having been translated into over
thirty languages. In a remarkably prolific career, Wilson, a true
polymath, has since written over 170 titles: novels, plays and
non-fiction on a variety of subjects. This volume brings together
twenty essays by scholars of Colin Wilson?s work worldwide and is
published in his honour to mark the author?s 80th birthday. Each
contributor has provided an essay on their favourite Wilson book
(or the one they consider to be the most significant). The result
is a varied and stimulating assessment of Wilson?s writings on
philosophy, psychology, literature, criminology and the occult with
critical appraisals of four of his most thought-provoking novels.
Altogether a fitting tribute to a writer