Camus: A Portrait of a Moralist - Softcover

Bronner, Stephen Eric

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0816632847 ISBN 13: 9780816632848

Publisher: University of Minnesota Press, 2002

Synopsis

Four decades after his death, Albert Camus (1913-1960) is still regarded as one of the most influential intellectuals of this century. In Camus: Portrait of a Moralist, Stephen Eric Bronner illuminates the writer's life and work. Balancing art, politics, and philosophy, this study provides fresh perspective on Camus's fiction, drama, and philosophical writings, and sheds new light on the cultural, political, and historical context within which he wrote.Beginning with his impoverished childhood in colonial Algeria, this volume traces Camus's career from his dissertation on Christian metaphysics to the accomplished works of his mature period and his continuing relevance today. Bronner's new and often innovative readings of the major works -- from The Stranger, The Myth of Sisyphus, Caligula, The Plague, and The Fall to the posthumously published The First Man -- unite Camus's aesthetic concerns with his political beliefs.Through these lucid interpretations, Bronner presents a portrait of Camus as a figure of fundamental decency in a time of moral absolutism. The result is a concise, informed, and eminently readable intellectual biography that offers new insight into Camus's legacy.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0816632847
• ISBN 13: 9780816632848
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176