Albert camus the plague

Camus's The Plague

This collection of original essays on philosophical themes in Albert Camus's The Plague is of special relevance during and in the aftermath of Covid-1

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The Plague - Albert Camus

<p>'A story for our, and all, times' Guardian The Plague is Albert Camus's world-renowned fable of fear and courageThe townspeople of Oran are in the grip of a deadly plague, which condemns its victims to a swift and horrifying death. Fear, isolation and claustrophobia follow as they are forced into quarantine. Each person responds in their own way to the lethal di...

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Albert Camus

A study of Camus' political and philosophical thought and a significant contribution to a range of debates in Camus research. It argues that the coher

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Albert Camus

Opening with his impoverished childhood in Algiers, Todd brings the historical context to life, shedding light on Camus' later agonising conflict betw

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The Fall - Camus Albert

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The Stranger - Camus Albert

Anotace: Through the story of an ordinary man unwittingly drawn into a senseless murder on an Algerian beach, Camus explored what he termed -the nakedness of man faced with the absurd.- First published in 1946; now in a new translation by Matthew Ward.

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The Stranger - Albert Camus

<p>Through the story of an ordinary man unwittingly drawn into a senseless murder on an Algerian beach, Camus explored what he termed -the nakedness of man faced with the absurd.- First published in 1946; now in a new translation by Matthew Ward.</p>

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Caligula and Three Other Plays - Albert Camus

<p>In brand new translations by Ryan Bloom, four theatrical masterpieces from the Nobel Prize-winning author of The Outsider and The Plague are brought together for the first time in English, alongside deleted scenes and alternate lines of dialogueCaligula/The Misunderstanding /State of Emergency/The JustAlthough renowned for his novels, Albert Camus described the t...

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Personal Writings - Albert Camus

<p>'It was the discovery of the essays celebrating his childhood and youth that altered my perception of Camus, from a thinker to a writer whose intellectual lucidity was a product of the wealth - the sensual immediacy and clarity - that had been heaped on his senses' Geoff Dyer Albert Camus was born in a 'world of poverty and sunshine' in Algeria, which would infus...

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Committed Writings - Albert Camus

<p>'To create today means to create dangerously'This new collection contains some of Camus' most brilliant political writing as he reflects on moral responsibility and the role of the artist in the world. Letters to a German Friend, written and published underground during the Nazi occupation of France, was born out of Camus' experience in the Resistance and explore...

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Fall - Albert Camus

Jean-Baptiste Clamence - refined, handsome, forty, a former successful lawyer - is in turmoil. Over several drunken nights he regales a chance acquaintance with his story. He talks of parties and his debauchery, of Parisian nights and the Aegean sea

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The Fall, 1. vydání - Albert Camus

<p>A philosophical novel described by fellow existentialist Sartre as 'perhaps the most beautiful and the least understood' of his novels, Albert Camus' The Fall is translated by Robin Buss in Penguin Modern Classics.Jean-Baptiste Clamence is a soul in turmoil. Over several drunken nights in an Amsterdam bar, he regales a chance acquaintance with his story. From thi...

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Reflections on the Guillotine - Albert Camus

<p>'When silence or tricks of language contribute to maintaining an abuse that must be reformed or a suffering that can be relieved, then there is no other solution but to speak out'Written when execution by guillotine was still legal in France, Albert Camus' devastating attack on the 'obscene exhibition' of capital punishment remains one of the most powerful, persu...

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The Fall, 1. vydání - Albert Camus

<p>Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith Celebrating the range and diversity of Penguin Classics, they take us from snowy Japan to springtime Vienna, from haunted New England to a sun-drenched Mediterranean isla...

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Albert Camus and the Philosophy of the Ordinary

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The Myth Of Sisyphus, 1. vydání - Albert Camus

<p>NOBEL PRIZE WINNER - An internationally acclaimed author delivers one of the most influential works of the twentieth century, showing a way out of despair and reaffirming the value of existence. Influenced by works such as Don Juan and the novels of Kafka, these essays begin with a meditation on suicide--the question of living or not living in a universe devoid ...

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The Myth of Sisyphus, 1. vydání - Albert Camus

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Explorons L'Etranger d'Albert Camus

L'Etranger (The Stranger) by Albert Camus is one of the most read twentieth-century novels and is studied in French-language curricula all around the

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Speaking Out: Lectures and Speeches 1937-58 - Albert Camus

<p>A new collection of Albert Camus' most brilliant speeches and lectures'Freedom is dangerous, as hard to live as it is exalting...'This definitive new collection of Albert Camus' public speeches and lectures gives a compelling insight into one of the twentieth century's most enduring writers. From a pre-war speech on the politics of the Mediterranean - delivered w...

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Explorons L'Etranger d'Albert Camus

An instructor's companion guide to L'Etranger (The Stranger) that provides an organised, step-by-step approach to making the classic French text readi

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The Outsider (0141198060)

Kniha - autor Albert Camus, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná Albert Camus' portrayal of a man confronting the absurdity of human life became a classic. Yet it is also a book filled with quiet joy in the physical world, and this new translation sensitively renders the subtleties and dreamlike atmosphere of The Outsider.

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The Trial - Franz Kafka

<p>A terrifying psychological trip into the life of one Joseph K., an ordinary man who wakes up one day to find himself accused of a crime he did not commit, a crime whose nature is never revealed to him. Once arrested, he is released, but must report to court on a regular basis--an event that proves maddening, as nothing is ever resolved. As he grows more uncertain...

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The Sickness Unto Death : A Christian Psychological Exposition of Edification and Awakening by Anti-Climacus - Søren Kierkegaard

<p>One of the most remarkable philosophical works of the nineteenth century, The Sickness Unto Death is also famed for the depth and acuity of its modern psychological insights. Writing under the pseudonym Anti-Climacus, Kierkegaard explores the concept of 'despair', alerting readers to the diversity of ways in which they may be described as living in this state of ...

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First Man

A visually arresting adaptation of Albert Camus's masterful biographical novel that offers a new graphic interpretation for the next generation of rea

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House Of Salt And Sorrows, 1. vydání - Erin A. Craigová

<p>Step inside a fairy tale.--Stephanie Garber, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Caraval Get swept away by the New York Times bestseller that Melissa Albert, author of The Hazel Wood, calls eerie and lovely. As one by one her beautiful sisters mysteriously die on their isolated island estate, Annaleigh must unravel the curse that haunts her family. Be careful...

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A Book of Days, 1. vydání - Patti Smith

<p>A deeply moving and brilliantly idiosyncratic visual book of days by the National Book Award-winning author of Just Kids and M Train. More than 365 images chart Smith's singular aesthetic - inspired by her wildly popular Instagram In 2018, without any plan or agenda for what might happen next, Patti Smith posted her first Instagram photo: her hand with the simpl...

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