The Existentialism Behind Nolan's Batman
Kaylin Marie Walker
An honors thesis that reads Christopher Nolan's Batman films through Sartre, Beauvoir, Nietzsche and Kierkegaard. A fun, accessible way to see existentialist ideas at work in popular culture.
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