Huis Clos and Other Plays - Brossura

Sartre, Jean-Paul

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0141184558 ISBN 13: 9780141184555

Casa editrice: Penguin Classics, 2000

Riassunto

These three plays, diverse in subject but thematically coherent, illuminate one of Sartre's major philosophical concerns: the struggle to live and act freely in a complex and constricting world. Lucifer and the Lord, Sartre's favourite among his plays, explores this theme in depth, dealing in the process with fundamental questions of faith and disillusionment; in Huis Clos - arguably Sartre's most important play - he contends that 'Hell is other people', and details the afterlife of three souls trapped together in locked room and the torments that they inflict on each other; while The Respectable Prostitute, set in the Deep South of America, is concerned with racism, subjugation and the demands of conscience.

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L'autore:

Philosopher, novelist, playwright and polemicist, Jean-Paul Sartre is thought to have been the central figure in post-war European culture and political thinking. His most well-known works, all of which are published by Penguin, include THE AGE OF REASON, NAUSEA and IRON IN THE SOUL.

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Huis Clos and Other Plays (The Respectable Prostitute; Lucifer and the Lord; Huis Clos) (Penguin Modern Classics)

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• Editore: Penguin Classics
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0141184558
• ISBN 13: 9780141184555
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 224