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Literary Masters (Gale) #8
Literary Masters, Volume 8: Albert Camus
"Gale Study Guides to Great Literature is a unique reference line composed of three series: "Literary Masters, Literary Masterpieces and "Literary Topics. Convenient, comprehensive and targeted toward current coursework, these guides place authors, titles and topics into context for high school and college students as well as general researchers. Each "Literary Masters volume introduces a significant author, covering basic biographical information. The related "Literary Masterpieces volume explores a major title from this author's works in detail. Finally, the "Literary Topics volume places the author and work within a relevant literary movement or genre.
196 pages, Hardcover
First published November 1, 2000
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October 24, 2020
Good book.
I bought this at a library sale and had rather low expectations. I presumed it would be the kind of dry, neutral, reference-type book that libraries acquire that so often bore readers & turn readers off of the subject under discussion.
But I was wrong. The writing is lively, well paced, and flat-out much better than what one so often finds in encyclopedias, and certainly at Wikipedia (shakes fist).
This isn't a biography. Camus's life doesn't get in-depth analysis, but the facts & outline of his life are recounted and — best of all — there's enough discussion of French history, French Algeria, and the post-WWII Parisian intellectual scene to whet one's appetite to learn more about all three of those topics.
I rarely read encyclopedia-type books because they so often squash or diminish one's interest in a subject but making everything so pat. But this book whetted my interest in Camus and his era.
I've never read anything by this author before, but she's very good. I may seek out her other writings, which also look enticing.
I bought this at a library sale and had rather low expectations. I presumed it would be the kind of dry, neutral, reference-type book that libraries acquire that so often bore readers & turn readers off of the subject under discussion.
But I was wrong. The writing is lively, well paced, and flat-out much better than what one so often finds in encyclopedias, and certainly at Wikipedia (shakes fist).
This isn't a biography. Camus's life doesn't get in-depth analysis, but the facts & outline of his life are recounted and — best of all — there's enough discussion of French history, French Algeria, and the post-WWII Parisian intellectual scene to whet one's appetite to learn more about all three of those topics.
I rarely read encyclopedia-type books because they so often squash or diminish one's interest in a subject but making everything so pat. But this book whetted my interest in Camus and his era.
I've never read anything by this author before, but she's very good. I may seek out her other writings, which also look enticing.
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