| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 209 pages) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-200) and index. |
| Contents |
Sartre's writing -- Sartre's existentialism -- Sartre's short stories. The wall -- The room -- Erostratus -- Intimacy -- The childhood of a leader -- Sartre's novels. Nausea -- Roads to freedom trilogy. The age of reason -- The reprieve -- Iron in the soul -- Sartre's plays. The flies -- In camera (No exit, or Behind closed doors) -- Men without shadows (Death without burial, or The victors) -- The respectable prostitute -- Dirty hands (Crime passionel) -- The devil and the good Lord (Lucifer and the Lord) -- Kean, or Disorder and genius -- Nekrassov : a farce in eight scenes -- Condemned of Altona (The sequestered of Altona, or Altona, or Loser wins) -- The Trojan women -- Conclusion -- Further reading. |
| Summary |
Sartre and Fiction offers a clear and accessible introduction to the extensive fictional writings of Jean-Paul Sartre. Providing comprehensive coverage of his short stories, novels and plays, the book examines the close links between the ideas and themes in his fiction and those put forward in his formal philosophical works. Sartre wrote fiction as a means of developing and enriching his philosophical ideas. Gary Cox reveals the extent to which Sartre's fictional writings are truly philosophical and an integral part of his overall intellectual vision. He also explores the ways in which Sartre' |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
Sartre, Jean-Paul, 1905-1980 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Sartre, Jean-Paul, 1905-1980. (OCoLC)fst00042642
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Sartre, Jean-Paul.
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Literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- French.
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Existentialismus.
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Fiktion.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Cox, Gary, 1964- Sartre and fiction. London ; New York : Continuum, ©2009 9780826444035 (DLC) 2008036397 (OCoLC)244353993 |
| ISBN |
9781441143082 (electronic bk.) |
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1441143084 (electronic bk.) |
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