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This handy guide places 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. This second edition boasts a revised guide to further reading and a new chapter on Camus and the Algerian War.

Table of Contents
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.

Camus The Stranger

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    Publisher: Cambridge University Press
    Publication Date: 1/19/2004 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9780521539777, 978-0521539777
    ISBN10: 0521539773
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    ELT & Literary Studies Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000

    Description

    Book Synopsis
    This handy guide places 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. This second edition boasts a revised guide to further reading and a new chapter on Camus and the Algerian War.

    Table of Contents
    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.

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