Albert Camus and the Literature of Revolt

First edition. 8vo. Pp. [x], 249, [1 (blank)]. Red over khaki green linen cloth, lettered in gilt to spine; tan endpapers. B/w portrait frontispiece, note, appendix, bibliography, index.

A fresh copy, complete in dustwrapper.

A pioneering study, exploring the links between philosophy and literary form, published just before Camus's untimely death. Dr Cruickshank analyses the concepts of absurdity, revolt, and freedom, and the themes which occur most frequently in Camus' work: "the isolation of man in an alien universe, the insufficiency of certain moral values, the estrangement of the individual from himself, the humanist failure of Marxism, the problem of evil, atheism, the pressing finality of death and the advocacy of a form of neo-paganism". He then goes on to a detailed assessment of the artistic value of the novels and plays. A brief biography and a full discussion of the famous quarrel with Sartre follow.

"This is the finest study of the Nobel prize winning novelist yet to appear.... The great quality of this book is that it shows the reader the way in which Camus has given literary order to the world's chaos and suffering." –Chicago Sunday Tribune