L’ Etranger
L’ Etranger by Albert Camus, published by Taylor & Francis Group on September 29, 2015, is a 192-page exploration of existential themes through a seemingly straightforward narrative. The story follows an office clerk who, after killing an Arab, faces condemnation for his perceived moral insensitivity. This edition incorporates recent critical analysis, providing insights into Camus’s early philosophy of the Absurd and the societal values he critiques.
Readers will find a detailed examination of the philosophical underpinnings of L’ Etranger, including discussions on Camus’s views regarding the art of the novel and his engagement with themes such as simplicity, ambiguity, and paradox. The text delves into the ways everyday situations can take on a mythical significance, reflecting modern man’s struggle with traditional moral frameworks. This edition serves as a resource for those interested in literary criticism and the broader implications of Camus’s work.
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L’Etranger has the force and fascination of myth. The outwardly simple narrative of an office clerk who kills an Arab, ‘a cause du soleil’, and finds himself condemned to death for moral insensibility becomes, in Camus’s hands, a powerful image of modern man’s impatience before Christian philosophy and conventional social and sexual values. For this new edition Ray Davison makes use of recent critical analysis of L’Etranger to give a full and concise description of Camus’s early philosophy of the Absurd and the ideas and preoccupations from which the novel emerges. Davison also discusses the developing pattern of Camus’s notion of the art of the novel, his views on ‘classicism’, simplicity and ambiguity, his fondness for paradox, and his love of everyday situations which yield to mythical interpretation.
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