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Camus: The Stranger - A Student Guide (Landmarks of World Literature (New))

Camus: The Stranger - A Student Guide (Landmarks of World Literature (New))
By Patrick McCarthy

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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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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #109501 in Books
  • Published on: 2004-01-19
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 124 pages

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Classic5
A classic book by French standards - not sure what a previous reviewer means by American standards. Specific nationality is not the point here - Mersault could just have well been sentenced to death in the name of the American people as opposed to the French. In fact, these days perhaps the former is more relevant.

Not what I expected1
I was expecting the actual book, not the academic notes of the book. I don't think this was mentioned in the book description which seems very disingenuous.