
Camus: The Stranger
The Stranger 2ed
Patrick McCarthy(Author)
Cambridge University Press
2nd Edition
Published on 19. January 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
124 pages
978-0-521-53977-7 (ISBN)
Description
This handy guide places Albert Camus' The Stranger, one of the seminal texts of existentialism and twentieth-century literature in general, in the context of French and French-Algerian history and culture. In it, Patrick McCarthy examines the way the work undermines traditional concepts of fiction. In addition, he explores the parallels and the contrasts between Albert Camus's work and that of Jean-Paul Sartre. Overall, this account provides students with a useful companion to The Stranger. This second edition boasts a revised guide to further reading and a new chapter on Camus and the Algerian War.
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Series
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
141 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-53977-7 (9780521539777)
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Camus: The Stranger
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I am a medical doctor living in New Zealand and have specialised in medical hypnosis for over 25 years. I vowed to one day discover a cure for all types of anxiety despite reading that it was an impossible and futile desire. This textbook is the fulfillment of that solemn vow and my gift to the world.
Content
Preface; Chronology; 1. Contexts; 2. The Stranger; 3. Early Camus and Sartre; 4. Camus and the Algerian War; 5. Why and how we read The Stranger: a guide to further reading.