A Sartrean Analysis of J. Alfred Prufrock
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https://doi.org/10.65828/ksebqp51Keywords:
T.S Eliot, Prufrock, freedom, literary criticism, being, facticity, anxiety, isolationAbstract
This paper examines the protagonist in T.S Eliot's The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock in relation to the existential philosophy of Jean-Paul Sartre and posits further areas for academic enquiry.
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