Tag Archives: Camus

A NARROW and SAVING PASSAGE

Posted on March 9, 2010 by Dave

Although in his lifetime Albert Camus’ position in the forefront of French writing seemed secure, it was by no means unchallenged. French literary history has a long record of fratricide.From a political or ideological bias, a difference in taste or … Continue reading →

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TEMPTATION OF THE ABSOLUTE

Posted on March 8, 2010 by Dave

”The Plague”, by Albert Camus is the story of a pestilence that comes to afflict the city of Oran, cutting it off from the outside world and converting it into a stage upon which a metaphysical drama is enacted. From … Continue reading →

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THE WORLD IS NOT ABSURD

Posted on March 8, 2010 by Dave

Increasingly since the Romantics, such as Chateubriand, the writer in France has presented that double image of timeless originator and commentator on the actual that French culture regards as the completeness of literary existence. The writer who came closest to … Continue reading →

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ELUSIVE FORTY-FIRST SEAT

Posted on January 23, 2010 by Dave

A language police and literary garbage removal squad.Painful protocol for a poet to swallow.The Academie Francaise was created by Cardinal Richelieu in 1635 as the official agency of linguistic formalism. It began as a reaction against female domination of the … Continue reading →

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Poet as Con-Artist: LIBIDO OVER CREDO

Posted on November 29, 2009 by Dave

”They sat down and Corso asked K., ”Would you like to ball with me, baby?” There was no surer way to K. ‘s heart. She declined with a small secretive, pleased smile and at once exerted herself to be charming. … Continue reading →