Lyrical and Critical EssaysEdited by Philip Thody, translated by Ellen Conroy Kennedy. "Here now, for the first time in a complete English translation, we have Camus' three little volumes of essays, plus a selection of his critical comments on literature and his own place in it. As might be expected, the main interest of these writings is that they illuminate new facets of his usual subject matter."--The New York Times Book Review "...a new single work for American readers that stands among the very finest."--The Nation |
Contents
NUPTIALS Noces 1938 | 63 |
SUMMER LEté 1954 | 107 |
The Rains of New York | 182 |
The New Mediterranean Culture | 189 |
On JeanPaul Sartres La Nausée | 199 |
On Ignazio Silones Bread and Wine | 207 |
Portrait of a Chosen Man | 219 |
On a Philosophy of Expression by Brice Parain | 228 |
Encounters with André Gide | 248 |
Roger Martin du Gard | 254 |
Herman Melville | 288 |
On the Future of Tragedy | 295 |
William Faulkner | 311 |
René Char | 321 |
Preface to The Stranger 1956 | 335 |
Letter to P B | 342 |
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