The Stranger (1942): Library Resources

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• Contemporary Authors [vols 89-92]
• Contemporary Literary Criticism - Contains passages from literary criticism originally published in books and journals
  
  • [vols 1, 2, 4, 9, 11, 14, 32, 63, 69, 124] - check under L’Étranger (under "E") in the Cumulative Title Index, a separate paperback index that accompanies this multi-volume work
  • [vol 42] - locate the topical essay "Existentialism and Literature"
  • [vol 54] - locate the topical essay "Crime in Twentieth-Century Literature"
  • [vol 98] - locate the topical essay "The French New Novel"
  • [vol 100] - locate the topical essays "Christianity in Twentieth-Century Literature" and "Nihilism and Literature"
  • [vol 122] - locate the topical essay "Modern French Literature"
• Cyclopedia of Literary Characters [vol 4]
• Cyclopedia of Literary Places [vol 3]
• Cyclopedia of World Authors [vol 1]
  
• Encyclopedia of World Literature in the 20th Century
• European Writers [vol 13]
  
• Literature and Its Times [supl 1, part 2]
• Masterplots [vol 11]
• Novels for Students [vol 6]
  
• Short Story Criticism [vol 9]
• Twentieth-Century Literature Criticism - Contains passages from literary criticism originally published in books and journals
  
  • [vol 126] - locate the topical essay "Law and Literature"

Conduct a "Subject Browse" search using the Library Catalog for either:

• Camus, Albert
• Existentialism in literature
  

You'll find library materials that provide biographical information about Albert Camus, as well criticism and interpretation of his work.

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