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A guide to reading and understanding Albert Camus' "The Stranger" which includes a biography of the author, critical essays analyzing his work, and an examination of the story's key themes and ideas.

Jean-Paul Sartre expounds his philosophy as a form of existentialism, with human freedom at its core; includes his commentary on Camus' "The Stranger," arguing that the work should be understood as essentially comic.

Presents critical essays on Albert Camus's "The Stranger" and includes a chronology, a bibliography, and an introduction by critic Harold Bloom.

Literary Masterpieces is one series of the trio that makes up the Gale Study Guides to Great Literature (the others are Literary Topics and Literary Masters). Each Literary Masterpieces volume chooses a book by one of the authors covered in Literary Masters and offers a discussion of themes, characters, comparisons with social events of the era when the book was written and a critical analysis. The Stranger (L'Etranger), was published in France in 1942 and translated and published in English in 1946. Written by Albert Camus, a popular French author who was born in Algeria, was also a highly successful playwright and the writer of many philosopical, political and critical essays. The Stranger is the story of the fate of an average man who refuses to conceal his feelings behind the conventional pretensions of his fellowmen.

Presents a guide to Albert Camus' "The Stranger" that examines how the work undermines traditional concepts of fiction and explores the parallels and contrasts between Camus' work andthat of Jean-Paul Sarte.