Albert Camus
Biographic Data
| ID | 3745220 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Albert Camus |
| GIVEN NAMES | Albert |
| FAMILY NAME | Camus |
| SIGNATURE | CAMUS A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Neither Victims Nor Executioners |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 47 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1948 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Algerian Chronicles
Preface to The Pillar of Salt
The first English translation of Albert Camus' "Preface" to Albert Memmi's first book, La Statue de Sel (The Pillar of Salt). Translated with permission by Scott Davidson
Jonas, ou, L'artiste au travail
Mort Heureuse N1
Homme Révolté
Em 'O Homem Revoltado', Albert Camus explora a natureza da revolta humana, não como um mero ato de violência ou niilismo, mas como uma afirmação fundamental da dignidade e do valor da vida diante do absurdo. Camus argumenta que a revolta nasce da recusa do indivíduo em aceitar a injustiça e a opressão, representando uma busca por significado e ordem em um mundo aparentemente sem sentido. Ele traça a história da revolta desde os mitos gregos até o…
La Peste
Exile and the kingdom
These six stories, written at the height of Camus' artistic powers, all depict people at decisive, revelatory moments in their lives. Translated by Justin O'Brien
"Camus at "Combat
Métaphysique chrétienne et Néoplatonisme
In the paintings of the Catacombs the Good Shepherd willingly assumes the face of Hermes. But if their smile is the same, its import is quite different. Christian thought, which had to be expressed in a coherent system, thus tried to mould itself into the contours of Greek ideas and to express itself in the metaphysical formulas that it found fully constructed. But at least it transformed them. This is why, in order to understand what is original…
The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
One of the most influential works of this century, this is a crucial exposition of existentialist thought. 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 an absurd universe devoid of order or meaning. With lyric eloquence, Camus posits a way out of despair, reaffirming the value of personal existence, and the possibility of life lived with dign…
The Fall
Mordant, brilliant, elegantly styled, The Fall is a novel Of the conscience Of modern man in the face of evil. In a seedy bar in Amsterdam, Clamence. an expatriate Frenchman, indulges in a calculated confession. He recalls his past life as a respected Parisian lawyer, a champion of noble causes, and, privately, a libertine—yet one apparently immune to judgment. As his narrative unfolds, ambiguities amass; every triumph reveals a failure, every mo…
Exile and the kingdom
Critical Thinking in the Secondary School
"I know of no safe repository of the utlimate power of society but the people. And if we think them not enlightened enough, the remedy is not to take power from them, but to inform them by education." Thomas Jefferson, 1820
Resistance, rebellion, and death.
Actuelles. III
The Myth of Sisyphus
The Rebel
L'Homme Revolte
Le malentendu. Caligula
Le malentendu. Caligula
L'Homme Revolte
The Rebel
The Myth of Sisyphus
Actuelles. III
Resistance, rebellion, and death.
Critical Thinking in the Secondary School
"I know of no safe repository of the utlimate power of society but the people. And if we think them not enlightened enough, the remedy is not to take power from them, but to inform them by education." Thomas Jefferson, 1820
The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
One of the most influential works of this century, this is a crucial exposition of existentialist thought. 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 an absurd universe devoid of order or meaning. With lyric eloquence, Camus posits a way out of despair, reaffirming the value of personal existence, and the possibility of life lived with dign…
The Fall
Mordant, brilliant, elegantly styled, The Fall is a novel Of the conscience Of modern man in the face of evil. In a seedy bar in Amsterdam, Clamence. an expatriate Frenchman, indulges in a calculated confession. He recalls his past life as a respected Parisian lawyer, a champion of noble causes, and, privately, a libertine—yet one apparently immune to judgment. As his narrative unfolds, ambiguities amass; every triumph reveals a failure, every mo…
Exile and the kingdom
Métaphysique chrétienne et Néoplatonisme
In the paintings of the Catacombs the Good Shepherd willingly assumes the face of Hermes. But if their smile is the same, its import is quite different. Christian thought, which had to be expressed in a coherent system, thus tried to mould itself into the contours of Greek ideas and to express itself in the metaphysical formulas that it found fully constructed. But at least it transformed them. This is why, in order to understand what is original…
"Camus at "Combat
La Peste
Exile and the kingdom
These six stories, written at the height of Camus' artistic powers, all depict people at decisive, revelatory moments in their lives. Translated by Justin O'Brien
Jonas, ou, L'artiste au travail
Mort Heureuse N1
Homme Révolté
Em 'O Homem Revoltado', Albert Camus explora a natureza da revolta humana, não como um mero ato de violência ou niilismo, mas como uma afirmação fundamental da dignidade e do valor da vida diante do absurdo. Camus argumenta que a revolta nasce da recusa do indivíduo em aceitar a injustiça e a opressão, representando uma busca por significado e ordem em um mundo aparentemente sem sentido. Ele traça a história da revolta desde os mitos gregos até o…
Preface to The Pillar of Salt
The first English translation of Albert Camus' "Preface" to Albert Memmi's first book, La Statue de Sel (The Pillar of Salt). Translated with permission by Scott Davidson
Algerian Chronicles
French literature (6 works) · Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author) (4 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Fiction (4 works) · Fiction (4 works) · French fiction (4 works) · North African History and Literature (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Translations into English (4 works) · 20th century (3 works)