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 outsider, his effect on society and society's on him.
Nothing that has happened in the decades since has made THE OUTSIDER any less relevant; it remains the seminal work on this most persistent of modern-day preoccupations.
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- Authors:
- Wilson, Colin
- Country of Publication:
- United Kingdom
- Format:
- Paperback
- ISBN:
- 9780753814321
- Number of Pages:
- 336
- Publication Date:
- 06/12/2001
- Publisher:
- Orion Publishing Co
- Year Published:
- 2001
- Publication Date:
- 06/12/2001
- Imprint:
- Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Language:
- English
- SKU:
- 9780753814321