| Edition |
New ed. |
| Description |
vii, 166 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Series |
Bloom's modern critical interpretations |
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Bloom's modern critical interpretations.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-157) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Harold Bloom -- The stranger / David Sprintzen -- Closure and anticlosure in Camus's L'étranger : some ideological considerations / Jack Murray -- Colonialism, enlightenment, castration : writing, narration, and legibility in L'étranger / Larry W. Riggs and Paula Willoquet-Maricondi -- Meursault the straw man / Robert R. Brock -- Meursault and narrative / Gerald Prince -- The cost of being ethical : fiction, violence, and altericide / Colin Davis -- Sartre's conception of historiality and temporality : the quest for a motive in Camus' The stranger and Sartre's Dirty hands / Adrian van den Hoven -- The outsider / John Foley -- Meursault's dinner with Raymond : a Christian theme in Albert Camus's L'étranger / Arthur Scherr. |
| Summary |
Provides an overview of the novel, featuring a biographical sketch of the author, a list of characters, a summary of the plot, and critical and analytical views of the work. |
| Subject |
Camus, Albert, 1913-1960. Étranger. English.
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French fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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| Added Author |
Bloom, Harold.
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| Added Title |
Stranger |
| ISBN |
9781604135800 (hbk. : acid-free paper) |
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1604135808 (hbk. : acid-free paper) |
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