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Albert Camus
It starts with one dead rat; it ends with an entire city engulfed by catastrophe. The Plague is Albert Camus’ electrifying story of living through a time of crisis and…
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The title character is Meursault, an alienated French Algerian described as a citizen of France domiciled in North Africa, a man of the Mediterranean, an homme du midi yet one…
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Albert Camus,Stuart Gilbert
Reveals some aspects of the existential notion of ‘the absurd’ by portraying an emperor so mighty and so desperate in author’s search for freedom that he inevitably destroys gods, men…
Mother died today. Or was it yesterday, I can’t be certain. Albert Camus’ classic existentialist masterpiece, adapted by Booker Prize-winning author Ben Okri.
First Published in 1988. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Meursault es un hombre sencillo que disfruta de la rutina de su vida. La muerte de su madre cambia de algun modo esa rutina. Tambien, empieza una relacion con una…
The Nobel Prize winner's most influential and enduring personal writings, newly edited and introduced by acclaimed writer and Camus scholar Alice Kaplan ALBERT CAMUS (1913-1960) is unsurpassed among writers for…
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Includes the full French text, accompanied by French-English vocabulary. Notes and a detailed introduction in English put the work in its social and historical context.
Explores the dilemma of being an outsider - even in one’s own country - and of allegiance. This book evokes beautiful but harsh landscapes, whether the shimmering deserts of author’s…
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Four brand new translations of theatrical masterpieces, by one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century
In restorative new translations by Ryan Bloom, four thought-provoking dramas from the Nobel…
To create today means to create dangerously. Every publication is a deliberate act, and that act makes us vulnerable to the passions of a century that forgives nothing.
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Chaos prevails when the bubonic plague strikes the Algerian coastal city of Oran.
The first new American translation in more than seventy years, bringing the Nobel Prize winner’s iconic novel to a new generation of readers –
Vincenzo Mazza
L'Etat de siege is the result of the only collaboration between Albert Camus and Jean-Louis Barrault. The show, staged on October 27, 1948 at the Theatre Marigny, is part of…
A celebration of the importance and significance of The Myth of Sisyphus, this collection of essays, from some of the world's leading Camus scholars, examines the impact on philosophy that…
In this passionate, poetic and darkly comic drama, a charismatic leader is given absolute freedom to challenge social convention in pursuit of personal obsession. Following the death of his beloved…
Albert Camus,Maria Casares
Hannes Engl
Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2009 im Fachbereich Philosophie - Philosophie des 20. Jahrhunderts / Gegenwart, Note: 1,0, Universitat Leipzig, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: […] Der franzoesische Schriftsteller und Philosoph Albert Camus…
Karl Heinz Lauda
Albert Camus (1913-1960) zahlt zu den bedeutendsten franzoesischen Denkern und Schriftstellern des 20. Jahrhunderts. Die Arbeit geht der Frage nach, inwieweit sich sein Denken im Laufe der Zeit verandert hat…
Tommie Jackson
Existentialism is a philosophy that thrives in extreme situations. This book shows the angst of the artist and the need for revolt to combat the despair which comes from recognition…
Classiques Garnier
Contributeurs: Andre Abbou, Guy Basset, Sophie Bastien, Marie-Therese Blondeau, Ines de Cassagne, Yasuko Chijiiwa, Peter Dunwoodie, Vincent Gregoire, Jason Herbeck, Alexis Lager, Remi Larue, Hans Peter Lund, Pierre Masson, Anne…
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Albert Camus, escritor clave de la literatura francofona, nace en Argel en el seno de una familia modesta. En la escuela, sus profesores observan su talento para la literatura y…
Anne Lorentzen (Aalborg University Denmark)
Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2010 im Fachbereich Franzoesisch - Literatur, Werke, Note: 1,7, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universitat Greifswald, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Keine andere Krankheit hat im Laufe der Zeit unter den Menschen in…
Christian Milz
Le meurtre d'un Algerien commis par Meursault et le proces qui s'ensuivit souleverent des questions qui n'ont toujours pas trouve de reponses aujourd'hui; et ceci, en depit du fait qu'il…
Tamara Alvarez-Detrell
Si, pour les lecteurs americains de la litterature francaise de l'apres-guerre, Albert Camus en a ete un des auteurs les plus populaires, il s'est vu trop rapidement marginalise par certains…
Phillip H. Rhein
Offers a penetrative and perceptive comparison of two of the most discussed novels of the twentieth century. Beginning with Camus’ own appraisal of Kafka’s work, the study convincingly analyses the…
Pierre-Louis Rey,Albert Camus
Le 04 janvier 1960, Albert Camus s'en allait un peu dans un tragique accident de voiture a l'age de 47 ans. Quatre annees auparavant, il etait l'un des plus jeunes…
Len Blanchard
The seven acts of the drama The First Day are set in the Kingdom of the Great Spirit as this Kingdom might have been imagined by Crazy Horse, the legendary…
Death and Anti-Death collects essays by professional philosophers and scholars on issues related to death, life extension, and anti-death, broadly construed.
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ResumenExpress.com presenta y analiza en esta guia de lectura de Caligula, una de las grandes obras dramaticas de Albert Camus. En ella, el autor pone de manifiesto su filosofia del…
Hubert Viteux,Fichesdelecture
Cette fiche de lecture sur Les Justes de Camus propose une analyse complete:
un resume des Justes de Camus
une analyse du contexte
une analyse des idees et themes
une…
Birgit Lonnemann
Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 1998 im Fachbereich Romanistik - Franzoesisch - Sonstiges, Universitat Osnabruck (Fachbereich Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaften), Veranstaltung: Textsortenspezifischer UEbersetzungsvergleich Franzoesisch - Deutsch, 16 Quellen im Literaturverzeichnis, Sprache: Deutsch…
Andrea Frohleiks
Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2001 im Fachbereich Philosophie - Philosophie des 20. Jahrhunderts / Gegenwart, Note: 1,0, Universitat Osnabruck, Veranstaltung: Existenzphilosophie im 20. Jahrhundert, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Mit dem Thema…
Presents Albert Camus’ WWII resistance and early postwar writings published in Combat, the resistance newspaper where he served as editor-in-chief and editorial writer. These writing depict issues ranging from the…
A visually stunning adaptation of Albert Camus’ masterpiece that offers an exciting new graphic interpretation while retaining the book’s unique atmosphere.
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Originally published in French as L'Etranger by Librairie Gallimard, France in 1942 –Copyright page.
Is it possible to die a happy death? This title tells the story of a young Algerian, Mersault, who defies society’s rules by committing a murder and escaping punishment, then…
Albert Camus's lively journals from his eventful visits to the United States and South America in the 1940s, available again in a new translation.
In March 1946, the young Albert…