camus, albert

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.

Literary Masters is one series of the trio that makes up the Gale Study Guides to Great Literature (the others are Literary Masterpieces and Literary Topics). Each Literary Masters volume introduces a significant author and covers basic biographical information. Albert Camus, who was proud of being born in Algeria, maintained close ties with France, and became one of the most famous mid-twentieth-century French authors.

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.

Presents an introduction to the life and work of early twentieth-century French-Algerian author Albert Camus.

Collects eighteen critical essays on the life, influences, and works of Albert Camus, including selections by Steven G. Kellman, Scott McLemee, Katherine Stirling, and others.

Autobiographical novel translated from the author's final, unfinished manuscript, tells the story of Jacques Cormery, an Algerian boy whose poverty-stricken, fatherless life is offset by the beauty of his country and his loving relationship with his deaf-mute mother.

Bibliography: p. 143-146. A critical-analytical study of the works of Camus. Includes biographical and historical material.