Essays And Pensées On Milton And Camus

Author : Ethan Lewis
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2023-07-28
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781527517714

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Essays and Pensées on Milton and Camus by Ethan Lewis Pdf

This book comprises an extensive series of analyses which span the respective oeuvres of these, surprisingly paired, world literary masters. The poet and novelist-philosopher, though treated separately, nevertheless prove complementary book-fellows. Notably, both espouse and practice a vigilant attentiveness; the obligation to strive for good by one’s lights, and to create lest history repeat; and on rare occasions, a duty to engage in moral contradiction for a higher cause, though only after the most scrupulous reflection. This book presents the ingenious artistry of both writers and further proves their contemporary relevance, as well as giving readers the ability to look at the works of Milton and Camus through a new lens.

Author : Albert Camus
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780394708522

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Lyrical And Critical Essays by Albert Camus Pdf

"Here now, for the first time in a complete English translation, we have Camus's 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

Author : Germaine Brée
Publisher : Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Algeria
ISBN : STANFORD:36105002561780

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Camus by Germaine Brée Pdf

Political, religious, philosophical, and literary evaluations of Camus' works.

Author : Germaine Brée
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:221334961

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Camus by Germaine Brée Pdf

Author : Robert Zaretsky
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780674728370

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A Life Worth Living by Robert Zaretsky Pdf

Exploring themes that preoccupied Albert Camus--absurdity, silence, revolt, fidelity, and moderation--Robert Zaretsky portrays a moralist who refused to be fooled by the nobler names we assign to our actions, and who pushed himself, and those about him, to challenge the status quo. For Camus, rebellion against injustice is the human condition.

Author : Patrick Reilly
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2018-05-08
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781351770569

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The Dark Landscape of Modern Fiction by Patrick Reilly Pdf

This title was first published in 2003. This text explores the "dark, pessimistic truth that pervades the pages of modern texts", setting a theme of Dante's "Inferno" against the work of modern authors including Dostoyevsky, Hardy, Conrad, Wharton, Kafka, Camus, Waugh and Flannery O'Connor. The author's thesis is that these writers exhibit a hostility towards the reader, an anger that the reader should continue to be so deludedly happy when the writer has become so mortifyingly enlightened. At its most characteristic, Reilly demonstrates, modern fiction seems to achieve a savage satisfaction in inflicting this pain, to an extent that could be described as sadistic. Reilly traces what he calls this "punitive spirit" to a character in the "Inferno", Vanni Fucci, who suffering himself does his best to make Dante suffer too. Through the study he uses the "Inferno" as a guide to the prevailing attitudes in modern fiction, revealing a parallel between the prohibition of pity within the medieval poem and in the pages of modern texts.

Author : Ben Carey
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2003-10-28
Category : Humor
ISBN : 0452284899

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This Book Will Change Your Life by Ben Carey Pdf

Is the year ahead looking much the same as the last? Another 365-day grind of meetings, dinner dates, and deadlines? If so, try this book--the perfect gift for the adventurous reader. Part instruction manual, part therapy, part religious cult, part sheer anarchy, This Book Will Change Your Life will help you poke a stick in the spokes of your routine. It's not the soft-hearted kind of book that's interested in what you have to say; rather it contains 365 daily orders, each one of which could turn your humdrum existence into a daily free-fall. Whether learning to tell one joke properly, spending an hour talking to a tree, or choosing a motto to live by, This Book Will Change Your Life will lead you to make every day of the next year the first day of your new life.

Author : C. A. Patrides
Publisher : Hamden, Conn. : Archon Books
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : UOM:39015002309907

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Milton and the Christian Tradition by C. A. Patrides Pdf

Author : Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher : Copyright Office, Library of Congress
Page : 1626 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Copyright
ISBN : STANFORD:36105006357284

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Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series by Library of Congress. Copyright Office Pdf

Author : Tony Judt
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2010-03-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781101223703

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Ill Fares the Land by Tony Judt Pdf

Something is profoundly wrong with the way we think about how we should live today. In Ill Fares The Land, Tony Judt, one of our leading historians and thinkers, reveals how we have arrived at our present dangerously confused moment. Judt masterfully crystallizes what we've all been feeling into a way to think our way into, and thus out of, our great collective dis-ease about the current state of things. As the economic collapse of 2008 made clear, the social contract that defined postwar life in Europe and America - the guarantee of a basal level of security, stability and fairness -- is no longer guaranteed; in fact, it's no longer part of the common discourse. Judt offers the language we need to address our common needs, rejecting the nihilistic individualism of the far right and the debunked socialism of the past. To find a way forward, we must look to our not so distant past and to social democracy in action: to re-enshrining fairness over mere efficiency. Distinctly absent from our national dialogue, social democrats believe that the state can play an enhanced role in our lives without threatening our liberties. Instead of placing blind faith in the market-as we have to our detriment for the past thirty years-social democrats entrust their fellow citizens and the state itself. Ill Fares the Land challenges us to confront our societal ills and to shoulder responsibility for the world we live in. For hope remains. In reintroducing alternatives to the status quo, Judt reinvigorates our political conversation, providing the tools necessary to imagine a new form of governance, a new way of life.

Author : Daniel Paliwoda
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2010-01-13
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780786457021

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Melville and the Theme of Boredom by Daniel Paliwoda Pdf

Boredom is a prevalent theme in Herman Melville's works. Rather than a passing fancy or a device for drawing attention to the action that also permeates his work, boredom is central to the writings, the author argues. He contends that in Melville's mature work, especially Moby Dick, boredom presents itself as an insidious presence in the lives of Melville's characters, until it matures from being a mere killer of time into a killer of souls.

Author : John Fletcher
Publisher : Frederick Ungar
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Drama
ISBN : UOM:49015000725771

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Forces in Modern French Drama by John Fletcher Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1104 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN : STANFORD:36105210168212

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Collier's Encyclopedia by Anonim Pdf

Author : Richard Tarnas
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2011-10-19
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780307804525

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Passion of the Western Mind by Richard Tarnas Pdf

"[This] magnificent critical survey, with its inherent respect for both the 'Westt's mainstream high culture' and the 'radically changing world' of the 1990s, offers a new breakthrough for lay and scholarly readers alike....Allows readers to grasp the big picture of Western culture for the first time." SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE Here are the great minds of Western civilization and their pivotal ideas, from Plato to Hegel, from Augustine to Nietzsche, from Copernicus to Freud. Richard Tarnas performs the near-miracle of describing profound philosophical concepts simply but without simplifying them. Ten years in the making and already hailed as a classic, THE PASSION OF THE WESERN MIND is truly a complete liberal education in a single volume.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1122 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Collier's Encylopedia by Anonim Pdf