{"product_id":"critical-essays-jean-paul-sartre-9780857424495","title":"Critical Essays","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCritical Essays \u003c\/i\u003e(\u003ci\u003eSituations I\u003c\/i\u003e) contains essays on literature and philosophy from a highly formative period of French philosopher and leading existentialist Jean-Paul Sartre's life, the years between 1938 and 1946. This period is particularly interesting because it is before Sartre published the magnum opus that would solidify his name as a philosopher, \u003ci\u003eBeing and Nothingness\u003c\/i\u003e. Instead, during this time Sartre was emerging as one of France's most promising young novelists and playwrights--he had already published \u003ci\u003eNausea, The Age of Reason, The Flies, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e No Exit\u003c\/i\u003e. Not content, however, he was meanwhile consciously attempting to revive the form of the essay via detailed examinations of writers who were to become central to European cultural life in the immediate aftermath of World War II. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCollected here are Sartre's experiments in reimagining the idea and structure of the essay. Among the distinguished writers he analyzes are Francis Ponge, Georges Bataille, Vladimir Nabokov, Maurice Blanchot, and, of course, Albert Camus, whose novel \u003ci\u003eThe Stranger \u003c\/i\u003eSartre endeavours to explain in these pages. \u003ci\u003eCritical Essays \u003c\/i\u003e(\u003ci\u003eSituations I\u003c\/i\u003e) also contains a famous attack on the Catholic novelist Fran ois Mauriac, studies of the great American literary iconoclasts Faulkner and Dos Passos, and brief but insightful essays on aspects of the philosophical writings of Husserl and Descartes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis new translation by Chris Turner reinvigorates the original skill and voice of Sartre's work and will be essential reading for fans of Sartre and the many writers and works he explores.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"For my generation he has always been one of the great intellectual heroes of the twentieth century, a man whose insight and intellectual gifts were at the service of nearly every progressive cause of our time.\"--Edward Said\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jean-Paul Sartre\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0857424491\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780857424495\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Seagull Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/15\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 532\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.20w x 1.70d","brand":"Jean-Paul Sartre","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926661333247,"sku":"9780857424495","price":24.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_5fef86f6-cec8-4790-a81b-c9abd77aeddb.jpg?v=1681084316","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/critical-essays-jean-paul-sartre-9780857424495","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}