ABSTRACT
TheAnatomieofAbsurditieistheproductionofayoungman withaconscience,ayoungmanwhoisdisgustedwiththevices ofhisworldandwhoproposestoflaythesevicesbythemeansof aslashingandscholarlypolemic.Soexcitedisthisyoungcollegianthathehastensfrompointtopointandfailstogiveanysort ofunity,saveapsychologicalone,tohisessay.Aboveallother things,youngNasheattemptstogivealearnedtonetohispam· phlet-hehadjustcomedownfromtheuniversityandthemassof classicalallusionsandquotationswithwhichhepointedhis polemicmusthaveseemedhighlyimpressivetohim;theywere thestockintradeofthedons.Thismethodhadaliterarysanction,too;tenyearsbefore,anotheryoungwriter,JohnLylyhad establishedareputationandacultbyusingthesametechnique.
