ABSTRACT
An Analysis of Jean-Paul Sartre’s Plays in Théâtre complet is the first volume to propose a critical analysis of all of Jean-Paul Sartre’s plays as published in the Bibliothèque de la Pléiade, Paris, Gallimard, 2005. Viewing the plays in the context of Sartre’s philosophy, his prose writings and works by other philosophers, novelists, and playwrights, this comprehensive volume is essential reading for students of French literature, theatre, and existentialist philosophy.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|7 pages
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Sartre's First Play Features a Jewish Village Chief Who Saves the Christ Child at His Own Peril
chapter 4|9 pages
Sartre's Story “The Wall,” His Play The Victors, and Kant's Moral Principle
“It is a duty to tell the truth” in a Philosophical, Literary, and Political Context
chapter 5|9 pages
Sartre's Play The Victors Seen in the Light of the Scenario Resistance, Its Preface
“A Film for the Post-War Period” and The Roads to Freedom IV: The Last Chance. Collaboration, Torture, and Commitment
chapter 6|14 pages
The Changing Fate of “the Modern Woman”
Sartre's The Respectful Prostitute and Camus's Stage Adaptation of Réquiem pour une nonne in the Context of Flaubert's Madame Bovary, Tolstoy's Anna Karenina, and Faulkner's Novels Sanctuary and Requiem for a Nun
chapter 10|10 pages
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Anti-communist Capers in a pièce à clefs: Sartre Takes Aim at Beckett and Camus, Rivals the Marx Brothers and the Keystone Cops, and Pokes Fun at His Own Philosophy
