Title: French existentialist fiction
First published: 1986
Description: Broadly dividing the fiction of Sartre, Camus and Beauvoir into three periods - pre-World War II, wartime, and post-war - the book shows how the moral perspectives of the authors, as illustrated in their fiction alone, changed and developed during their careers, focusing primarily on the 'existentialist' outlook that they shared.
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation, Didactic fiction, French, Ethics, Ethics in literature, Existentialism in literature, French Didactic fiction, French fiction, History and criticism, Moral conditions in literature, Roman français, Morale, Existentialisme dans la littérature, Morale dans la littérature, Histoire et critique, Studies, French fiction, history and criticism, Critique et interprétation, Thèmes, motifs, Roman
People: Albert Camus (1913-1960), Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980), Simone de Beauvoir (1908-1986)
Time periods: 20th century