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Lyrical and Critical Essays | 
 enlarge | Author: Albert Camus
Creators: Philip Thody, Ellen Conroy Kennedy
Publisher: Vintage
Category: Book
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Media: Paperback
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Pages: 384
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Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.3 x 1.1
ISBN: 0394708520
Dewey Decimal Number: 844.914
EAN: 9780394708522
ASIN: 0394708520
Publication Date: September 12, 1970
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Condition: Lots and lots of double underlining and margin marks through p. 82; also p. 190-224. Priced with consideration for amount of underlining and/or highlighting. Priced with consideration for amount of underlining and/or highlighting. Otherwise tight and in good condition. Will be shipped by Media Mail in a padded envelope unless buyer requests expedited shipping.
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An interesting literary work December 1, 2006
This book is divided into three sections: Lyrical Essays, Critical Essays, and Camus's Self-Commentary.
The lyrical essays are stories and musings. What I found makes these lyrical essays beautiful is not the language itself (for this, I think no one beats Thoreau) but the ideas and descriptions expressed in the unfolding of the stories or central themes.
The critical essays are essentially Camus's thoughts on culture, philospohy, and other literature (e.g. Faulkner and Melville). Camus's commentary on himself is also very interesting, for I think that these essays are the most telling of Camus's views not just of himself and his writing, but of his views on society at the time.
A lyric poet in disguise November 2, 2001
13 out of 15 found this review helpful
"There is no love of life without despair of life."-These words haunted me when I first read this book nearly ten years ago. I then lent it out, never to be returned. (Ahem, I've become very cautious about lending books out since then.) Anyway, I just recently repurchased this book and reread it, and I still (unlike Camus' himself) regard the LYRICAL essays herein as much more beautiful, powerful and significant than the much touted The Stranger (which I, however, like as well, only on another level.)
It's quotes like the one above and "Knowing that certain nights whose sweetness lingers will keep returning to the earth and sea after we are gone, yes, this helps us die." that make this collection of essays Camus' best work.
The Stranger is, indeed, a unique contribution to post-WWII literature. But these essays are unique as well as powerful and beautiful. My bet is that, a century from now, these essays will be remembered long after the "existentialist" vogue has long faded, as Camus' best work.
My apologies to those who worship terse, arid prose. It has its place. But it's not the stuff of truly great literature. The lyrical essays contained herein are.
An Essential Ground Of Info. March 26, 1998
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
Here is a compilation of the essays that Camus wrote during the entire span of his career.It is branched into 2 categories,& a final chapter dealing more personally with outlooks on life & his works.The lyrical section describes in vivid detail the places that have moved & altered his life profoundly,eloquently relating how & why.It is one of the great literary what-if's if Camus would have done poetry in verse form;judging from the fine,thin & nimble prose that impressively illustrates the simultaneous cause & effect union bet. the man & his nature,he could have been a very good lyric poet,if not a great one.The Critical essays are honest & insightful measurements on the correlation bet. the work that he deals with & it's relevance to life & art.The final section,"Camus On Himself",offer some verifiable insights into the man & his personality.This book could serve as a very impt. introduction or supplement to Camus's entire canon;one could feel very refreshed & informed after reading it.
Beautiful and insightfull July 12, 1996
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
The language of the book are so well written that you canfeel the emotions and spirits permeates from the pages. This book contains a lot of thoughts that are suprisingly simple, yet manage to escape us in the course of everyday life. It is about memories, places, faces and emotions of an ordinary human being with an extraordinary talent for life. " ... there is more love in these awkward pages than in all those that have followed." (Albert Camus, Preface 1958)
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