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Author Oxenhandler, Neal.

Title Looking for heroes in postwar France : Albert Camus, Max Jacob, Simone Weil / Neal Oxenhandler
Published Hanover, NH : Dartmouth College : Published by University Press of New England, [1996]
©1996

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Description x, 234 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Contents Introduction: The Pull of France -- Ch. 1. Becoming Meursault -- Ch. 2. Camus as Hamlet -- Ch. 3. The Roles of Albert Camus -- Ch. 4. Death of a Nobel Laureate -- Ch. 5. Taking Risks -- Ch. 6. The Destinies of Max Jacob -- Ch. 7. Holocaust as Last Judgment -- Ch. 8. Setting Things Right: Jacob as Postmodernist -- Ch. 9. Eros and Devotion -- Ch. 10. My Sister Simone -- Ch. 11. Living in a Jewish Body -- Ch. 12. Messages -- Ch. 13. Transgressive Acts -- Conclusion: The Ghosts of Paris
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Subject Camus, Albert, 1913-1960 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Jacob, Max, 1876-1944 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Weil, Simone, 1909-1943 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Oxenhandler, Neal.
French literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
French teachers -- United States -- Biography.
LC no. 95011333
ISBN 0874517311