A writer's topography : space and place in the life and works of Albert Camus

Albert Camus sustained a lifelong awareness of and appreciation for what he termed le visage de ce monde -the face of this earth. This original collection of essays examines how topography influenced Camus's understanding and expression of the human condition. Abstract: Albert Camus sustained a lifelong awareness of and appreciation for what he termed le visage de ce monde -the face of this earth. This original collection of essays examines how topography influenced Camus's understanding and expression of the human condition Content: ""A Writerâ€?s Topography: Space and Place in the Life and Works of Albert Camus"" ""Copyright"" ""Dedication"" ""Contents"" ""Acknowledgements"" ""List of Contributors"" ""Introduction"" ""Part I: Camus and His Works: Openings and Closings"" ""Les lieux ouverts et le royaume"" ""Exiled in a Spiritual Geography: Albert Camusâ€?s Road to Values"" ""Part II: Ontological Spaces"" ""Réflexion sur le thÃ?me du plateau dans la vie et lâ€?oeuvre de Camus"" ""Topographies suspendues"" ""Tipasa and le monde: Metonymic Displacement in “Noces à Tipasaâ€?"" ""Formes et fonctions de la prison chez Camus""""Part III: Literal Meeting Places of the Imaginary"" ""Paysages et dâ€?autres réseaux de vie chez Camus"" ""The Cooper and the Painter: The Topography of the Atelier in Lâ€?Exil et le Royaume"" ""A Psychogeography of the Monstrous in Le Premier Homme"" ""Part IV: Literary Meeting Places: Camus and His Contemporaries"" ""Blanchot, Camus: une approche préliminaire"" ""Le tombeau parental ou « le temps dâ€?un retour » dans Le Premier Homme dâ€?Albert Camus et Adieu ma mÃ?re, adieu mon coeur de Jules Roy"" ""Hemingwayâ€?s Influence on Camus: The Iceberg as Topography""""Part V: In (the) Place of Writing: Literal and Literary Constructions"" ""Bridging Consciousness: A Topographical Reading of La Chute"" ""La Peste ou les métamorphoses dâ€?Oran"" ""Ã?crire le lieu qui sâ€?inscrit: topographies toponymiques dans La Peste et La Chute"" ""The Figure of the Labyrinth in “Le Renégatâ€? and “La Pierre qui pousseâ€?"" A Writer's Topography examines French-Algerian Nobel Prize laureate Albert Camus's intimate yet often unsettled relationship with natural and human landscapes. Much like the Greek hero Sisyphus about whom he wrote his famous philosophical essay, Camus sustained a deep awareness of and appreciation for what he termed le visage de ce monde—the face of this earth. This wide-ranging collection of essays by Camus scholars from around the world demonstrates to what extent topography is omnipresent in Camus's life and works. Configurations and contemplations of landscape figure prominently in his fictional works on both a literal and figurative level—from the earliest writings of his youth to his final, unfinished novel, Le Premier Homme. Furthermore, as a core component of the way in which Camus perceived, conceived and expressed the human condition, topography constitutes an over-arching and particularly profound dimension of his personal, public and philosophical thought. Edited By Jason Herbeck And Vincent Grégoire. Text In English And French. Includes Bibliographical References.