The Nihilism Of Thomas Bernhard. The portrayal of existential and social problems in his prose works

by Charles W. Martin

1995 277 pages eng

This study examines the nihilistic basis of Bernhard's writing, and traces developments in the author's nihilistic stance throughout his career. In the first period of his prose fiction (1963-1975), nihilism is reluctantly accepted by Bernhard's fictional characters as a necessary response to a worl…