Albert Camus's The stranger
By: edited & with an introdcution by Harold Bloom.
Contributors: Bloom, Harold.
Series: Bloom's guides
Publisher: Bloom's Literary Criticism
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 93
ISBN-13: 9780791098295
Subjects: Camus, Albert, -- 1913-1960
Other titles: Stranger
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 82-85) and index.
Table of contents: title: Jean-Paul Sartre on Camus's portrayal of the absurd; title: R.W.B. Lewis on Camus's style and critique of tragedy; title: Alain Robbe-Grillet points to metaphors and anthropomorphism; title: Patrick Henry compares work of Camus and Voltaire; title: Brian T. Fitch on interpretation and misinterpretation; title: Patrick McCarthy on the mother image; title: John Fletcher explains Camus's manipulation of the reader; title: Jack Murray on the novel's apparent coherence; title: Avi Sagi on the novel's real concern: social alienation; title: Robert C. Solomon on Meursault's lack of honesty.