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1 online resource (xiv, 284 pages) |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Contributor bios -- "J' ai compris que j' étais coupable" ("I understood that I was guilty"): a hermeneutical approach to sexism, racism, and colonialism in Albert Camus' L' éstranger/The stranger / George Heffernan -- Meursault: mad bad messiah? / Simon Lea -- Dualisms in Albert Camus's The stranger / Peter Francev -- Rien, rien n' avait d' importance et je savais bien pourquoi ("Nothing, nothing mattered, and I well knew why"): the world according to Meursault - or a critical attempt to understand the absurdist philopsophy of the protagonist of Alber Camus's The stranger / George Heffernan -- L' estranger and the messianic myth, or Meursault unmasked / Ben O'Donohoe -- "It was there that it all started" : Meursault's ascent in Albert Camus' The stranger / Ron Srigley -- Of dogs and men: empathy and emotion in Camus' The stranger / Ingrid Fernandez -- Meursault and the indifference of death: a logotherapeutic perspective / Peter Francev -- Reading Camus in the age of absurdity: toward a constructive reading of The stranger / Brent Sleasman -- A stranger of words / Svenja Schrahe -- Albert Camus' poetics of strangeness in translation: a comparative analysis of text in context / Roosje Dejonghe -- Meursault and moral freedom: The stranger's unique challenge to an enlightenment idea / Matthew Bowker -- Don Juanism and The stranger / Jasmine Samra -- Does Meursault lie? / Mary Gennuso -- Camus's literary criminal and the law: loathing the outsider / Stephan Lancy. |
| Summary |
"Often marginalised on the sidelines of both philosophy and literature, the works of Albert Camus have, in recent years, undergone a renaissance. While most readers in either discipline claim Camus and his works to be 'theirs', the scholars presented in this volume tend to see him and his works in both philosophy and literature. This volume is a collection of critical essays by an international menagerie of Camus experts who, despite their interpretive differences, see Camus through both lenses. For them, he is a novelist/essayist who embodies a philosophy that was never fully developed due to his brief life. The essays here examine Camus's first published novel, The Stranger, from a variety of critical and theoretical perspectives, each drawing on the author’s knowledge to present the first known critical examination in English. As such, this volume will shed new light on previous scholarship"--Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Camus, Albert, 1913-1960. Étranger. English.
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Camus, Albert 1913-1960. L' étranger. |
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Étranger (Camus, Albert) |
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French fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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French fiction. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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1900-1999 |
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Aufsatzsammlung.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Francev, Peter, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Albert Camus's The stranger. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014 1443853917 (OCoLC)869434409 |
| ISBN |
9781443862455 (electronic book) |
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1443862452 (electronic book) |
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9781306907095 (electronic book) |
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1306907098 (electronic book) |
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9781443853910 (cloth) |
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1443853917 (cloth) |
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