| Description |
1 online resource (356 pages). |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
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Faux titre ; 311
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Faux titre ; 311.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-345) and index. |
| Contents |
"Ces forces obscures de l'âme "Women, race and origins in the writings of Albert Camus; Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1 Early Confrontations with Others: the ©c̃rits de jeunesse; Chapter 2 The Death of Woman and the Birth of Culture; Chapter 3 The Man-god and Death as an Act of the Will; Chapter 4 The Dark Continent of L'©t̃ranger; Chapter 5 Mythical women in La Peste; Chapter 6 Woman, Race and the Fall of Man; Chapter 7 Sexual topographies; Chapter 8 The First Man; Selected Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
This is the first major investigation of Camus's prose fiction to explore the developing presentation of women, from the author's earliest writings to his last, unfinished novel. Avoiding the traditional relegation of this subject to an emotional or private sphere, it traces Camus's intellectual development in order to demonstrate the centrality of this subject to Camus's work as a whole. If the Absurd, constructed over the body of the "real" woman, liberates the writer to follow a "true path" of literary creation, the impending loss of his Algerian homeland impells a return to "all that he ha. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
In English. |
| Subject |
Camus, Albert, 1913-1960 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Camus, Albert, 1913-1960. |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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Women in literature.
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Women in literature. |
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Race in literature.
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Race in literature. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Added Title |
Women, race and origins in the writings of Albert Camus |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Margerrison, Christine. "Ces forces obscures de l'âme". Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2008 9789042023796 9042023791 (OCoLC)232362612 |
| ISBN |
9781435639072 (electronic book) |
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1435639073 (electronic book) |
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9789401205696 |
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9401205698 |
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9042023791 |
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9789042023796 |
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9789042023796 |
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9042023791 |
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