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The myth of Sisyphus / Albert Camus ; translated from the French by Justin O'Brien.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: French Publisher: New York : Vintage International : Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2018Copyright date: ©1983Edition: Second Vintage International editionDescription: 138 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780525564454
  • 0525564454
Uniform titles:
  • Mythe de Sisyphe. English
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
The myth of Sisyphus -- An absurd reasoning -- Absurdity and suicide -- Absurd wall -- The philosophical suicide -- Absurd freedom -- The absurd man -- Don Juanism -- Drama -- Conquest -- Absurd creation -- Philosophy and fiction -- Kirilov -- Ephemeral creation -- The myth of Sisyphus -- Hope and the absurd in the work of Franz Kafka.
Summary: One of the most influential works of this century, The Myth of Sisyphus--featured here in a stand-alone edition--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 a universe devoid of order or meaning. With lyric eloquence, Albert Camus brilliantly posits a way out of despair, reaffirming the value of personal existence, and the possibility of life lived with dignity and authenticity. --amazon.com.
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 844.914 C211 Available 33111011264518
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One of the most influential works of this century, The Myth of Sisyphus -featured here in a stand-alone edition-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 a universe devoid of order or meaning. With lyric eloquence, Albert Camus brilliantly posits a way out of despair, reaffirming the value of personal existence, and the possibility of life lived with dignity and authenticity.

"Originally published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, in 1955"--Title page verso.

One of the most influential works of this century, The Myth of Sisyphus--featured here in a stand-alone edition--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 a universe devoid of order or meaning. With lyric eloquence, Albert Camus brilliantly posits a way out of despair, reaffirming the value of personal existence, and the possibility of life lived with dignity and authenticity. --amazon.com.

The myth of Sisyphus -- An absurd reasoning -- Absurdity and suicide -- Absurd wall -- The philosophical suicide -- Absurd freedom -- The absurd man -- Don Juanism -- Drama -- Conquest -- Absurd creation -- Philosophy and fiction -- Kirilov -- Ephemeral creation -- The myth of Sisyphus -- Hope and the absurd in the work of Franz Kafka.

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