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No exit, and three other plays / by Jean-Paul Sartre. [print]

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: French Publication details: New York : Vintage International, [(c)1989.Edition: Vintage International edDescription: 275 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0679725164
  • 9780679725169
Uniform titles:
  • Plays. Selections. English
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PQ2637.N649 1989
  • PQ2637.A82.S251.N649 1989
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Contents:
No exit = Huis clos The flies = Les mouches Dirty hands = Les mains sales The respectful prostitute = La putain respectueuse.
Summary: In these four plays, Jean-Paul Sartre, the great existentialist novelist and philosopher, displays his mastery of the drama. No Exit is an unforgettable portrayal of hell. The Flies is a modern reworking of the Electra-Orestes story. Dirty Hands is about a young intellectual torn between theory and praxis. The Respectful Prostitute is a scathing attack on American racism. 4 plays about an existential portrayal of Hell, the reworking of the Electra-Orestes story, the conflict of a young intellectual torn between theory and conflict and an arresting attack on American racism.
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Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) G. Allen Fleece Library Circulating Collection - First Floor Non-fiction PQ2637.A82.H82 1989 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31923001582499

Translated from the French.

No exit = Huis clos The flies = Les mouches Dirty hands = Les mains sales The respectful prostitute = La putain respectueuse.

In these four plays, Jean-Paul Sartre, the great existentialist novelist and philosopher, displays his mastery of the drama. No Exit is an unforgettable portrayal of hell. The Flies is a modern reworking of the Electra-Orestes story. Dirty Hands is about a young intellectual torn between theory and praxis. The Respectful Prostitute is a scathing attack on American racism. 4 plays about an existential portrayal of Hell, the reworking of the Electra-Orestes story, the conflict of a young intellectual torn between theory and conflict and an arresting attack on American racism.

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