Camus Portrait of a Moralist Unknown - 1999
by Bronner, Stephen Eric
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Four decades after his death, Albert Camus (1913-1960) is still regarded as one of the most influential intellectuals of this century. In Camus: Portrait of a Moralist, Stephen Eric Bronner illuminates the writer's life and work. Balancing art, politics, and philosophy, this study provides fresh perspective on Camus's fiction, drama, and philosophical writings, and sheds new light on the cultural, political, and historical context within which he wrote.
Beginning with his impoverished childhood in colonial Algeria, this volume traces Camus's career from his dissertation on Christian metaphysics to the accomplished works of his mature period and his continuing relevance today. Bronner's new and often innovative readings of the major works -- from The Stranger, The Myth of Sisyphus, Caligula, The Plague, and The Fall to the posthumously published The First Man -- unite Camus's aesthetic concerns with his political beliefs.
Through these lucid interpretations, Bronner presents a portrait of Camus as a figure of fundamental decency in a time of moral absolutism. The result is a concise, informed, and eminently readable intellectual biography that offers new insight into Camus's legacy.Details
- Title Camus Portrait of a Moralist
- Author Bronner, Stephen Eric
- Binding unknown
- Publisher Univ of Minnesota Pr
- Date April 1999
- ISBN 9780816632831
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