The originality and complexity of Albert Camus's writings
By: edited by Emmanuelle Anne Vanborre
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 174
ISBN-13: 9781137276537
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation
Description: Fifty years after Camus's untimely death, his work still has a tremendous impact on literature. From a twenty-first century vantage point, he offers us coexisting ideas and principles by which we can read and understand literature, the other, and ourselves. Yet Camus seems to guide us without directing us strictly; his fictions do not offer clear-cut solutions or doctrines to follow. This complexity is what demands that the oeuvre be read, and reread. The wide-ranging articles in this volume shed light, concentrate on the original aspects of Camus's writings, and explore how and why they are still relevant for us today.--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.