"Ces forces obscures de l'âme" : women, race and origins in the writings of Albert Camus

"Ces forces obscures de l'âme" : women, race and origins in the writings of Albert Camus / Christine Margerrison.

This is the first major investigation of Camus's prose fiction to explore the developing presentation of women, from the author's earliest writings to his last, unfinished novel. Avoiding the traditional relegation of this subject to an emotional or private sphere, it traces Camus's i...

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Main Author: Margerrison, Christine
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2008.
Series:Faux titre ; 311.
Subjects:
Camus, Albert, > 1913-1960 > Criticism and interpretation.
Camus, Albert, > 1913-1960
Women in literature.
Race in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > French.
Race in literature
Women in literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:
  • "Ces forces obscures de l'âme "Women, race and origins in the writings of Albert Camus; Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1 Early Confrontations with Others: the ©c̃rits de jeunesse; Chapter 2 The Death of Woman and the Birth of Culture; Chapter 3 The Man-god and Death as an Act of the Will; Chapter 4 The Dark Continent of L'©t̃ranger; Chapter 5 Mythical women in La Peste; Chapter 6 Woman, Race and the Fall of Man; Chapter 7 Sexual topographies; Chapter 8 The First Man; Selected Bibliography; Index.

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