The Cambridge Companion to Camus
Title | The Cambridge Companion to Camus PDF eBook |
Author | Edward J. Hughes |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 187 |
Release | 2007-04-26 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1139827340 |
Albert Camus is one of the iconic figures of twentieth-century French literature, one of France's most widely read modern literary authors and one of the youngest winners of the Nobel Prize for Literature. As the author of L'Etranger and the architect of the notion of 'the Absurd' in the 1940s, he shot to prominence in France and beyond. His work nevertheless attracted hostility as well as acclaim and he was increasingly drawn into bitter political controversies, especially the issue of France's place and role in the country of his birth, Algeria. Most recently, postcolonial studies have identified in his writings a set of preoccupations ripe for revisitation. Situating Camus in his cultural and historical context, this 2007 Companion explores his best-selling novels, his ambiguous engagement with philosophy, his theatre, his increasingly high-profile work as a journalist and his reflection on ethical and political questions that continue to concern readers today.
The Cambridge Companion to Existentialism
Title | The Cambridge Companion to Existentialism PDF eBook |
Author | Steven Crowell |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 429 |
Release | 2012-02-16 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 1107493846 |
Existentialism exerts a continuing fascination on students of philosophy and general readers. As a philosophical phenomenon, though, it is often poorly understood, as a form of radical subjectivism that turns its back on reason and argumentation and possesses all the liabilities of philosophical idealism but without any idealistic conceptual clarity. In this volume of original essays, the first to be devoted exclusively to existentialism in over forty years, a team of distinguished commentators discuss the ideas of Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Sartre, Merleau-Ponty and Beauvoir and show how their focus on existence provides a compelling perspective on contemporary issues in moral psychology and philosophy of mind, language and history. A further sequence of chapters examines the influence of existential ideas beyond philosophy, in literature, religion, politics and psychiatry. The volume offers a rich and comprehensive assessment of the continuing vitality of existentialism as a philosophical movement and a cultural phenomenon.
The Cambridge Companion to David Foster Wallace
Title | The Cambridge Companion to David Foster Wallace PDF eBook |
Author | Ralph Clare |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 287 |
Release | 2018-09-20 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1107195950 |
A compelling, comprehensive, and substantive introduction to the work of David Foster Wallace.
Camus: The Stranger
Title | Camus: The Stranger PDF eBook |
Author | Patrick McCarthy |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 128 |
Release | 2004-01-19 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 9780521539777 |
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Brill's Companion to Camus
Title | Brill's Companion to Camus PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 488 |
Release | 2020-01-13 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 9004419241 |
This book is the first English-language collection of essays by leading Camus scholars around the world to focus on Albert Camus’ place and status as a philosopher amongst philosophers, engaging with leading Western thinkers, and considering themes of enduring interest.
The Cambridge Companion to Canadian Literature
Title | The Cambridge Companion to Canadian Literature PDF eBook |
Author | Eva-Marie Kröller |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 371 |
Release | 2017-06-08 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1107159628 |
A fully revised second edition of this multi-author account of Canadian literature, from Aboriginal writing to Margaret Atwood.
The Cambridge Companion to the Greek and Roman Novel
Title | The Cambridge Companion to the Greek and Roman Novel PDF eBook |
Author | Tim Whitmarsh |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 332 |
Release | 2008-05-15 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1139827979 |
The Greek and Roman novels of Petronius, Apuleius, Longus, Heliodorus and others have been cherished for millennia, but never more so than now. The Cambridge Companion to the Greek and Roman Novel contains nineteen original essays by an international cast of experts in the field. The emphasis is upon the critical interpretation of the texts within historical settings, both in antiquity and in the later generations that have been and continue to be inspired by them. All the central issues of current scholarship are addressed: sexuality, cultural identity, class, religion, politics, narrative, style, readership and much more. Four sections cover cultural context of the novels, their contents, literary form, and their reception in classical antiquity and beyond. Each chapter includes guidance on further reading. This collection will be essential for scholars and students, as well as for others who want an up-to-date, accessible introduction into this exhilarating material.