Baudelaire, Sartre and Camus
Distributed for University of Wales Press
86 pages
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8-4/5 x 6
This book presents a brief introduction to each writer, centring on a particular work (Les Fleurs du mal, Les Mains sales, La peste) and imediately followed by a commentary on an extract (the Baudelaire poem chose is 'Le Cygne'). Professor Rees ends by presenting some pointers on the nature of twentieth century French literature in general, as a guide to the student beginner.
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Contents
Forward by Eryl O. Davies, H.M.I., Chief Inspector, Wales
Introduction
The Poetry of Baudelaire
Commentary on Baudelaire 'Le Cygne'
Jean-Paul Sartre and 'Les Mains Sales'
Commentary on a Scene from 'Les Mains Sales'
Albert Camus and 'La Pests'
Commentary on a Passage from 'La Pests'
A View of Twentieth-Century French Literature
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