Title: Autobiography and the Existential Self
Subtitle: Studies in Modern French Writing
First published: May 1995
Description: This is a collection of 10 essays (plus Introduction and Conclusion) on autobiographical writings of various kinds, including novels and plays, by authors who have some kind of connection with French 'existentialist' thinking: Sartre, Camus, Beauvoir, Nizan, Leduc, Genet and Guibert. It explores aspects of the relationship between 'self' and writing.
Subjects: Existentialism, autobiography, the self, writing the self
People: Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980), Albert Camus (1913-1960), Simone de Beauvoir (1908-1986), Genet, Leduc, Guibert, Nizan
Time periods: 20th century