Tag Archives: Albert Camus

To Fight Authoritarianism, Think Sisyphus

How to fight against authoritarianism? This of yourself as Camus’s Sisyphus.

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Holding on to Our Imperiled Humanity

In arguing for the humanities, this “American Scholar” article makes good points but dismisses some powerful arguments.

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Plague Lit on Life Returning to Normal

Plague Lit teaches us how people behave DURING plagues. How about how they behave when life returns to normal? Camus may be best on this.

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Post of the Year: Plagues in Literature

A survey of literature through the ages that has dealt with plagues.

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A Literary Survey of What Plagues Mean

A survey of how literary authors have grappled for meaning in times of pestilence bolsters our own search. I look at Sophocles, Virgil, Defoe, Porter, Camus, King, Mandel, Atwood, and Erdrich.

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To Understand COVID-19, Read Camus

Camus’s “The Plague” provides insights into our own coronavirus.

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Reading My Way to Adulthood

As an adolescent, I used fantasy in an attempt to hold on to my childhood innocence and hated “Catcher in the Rye.” Little did I realize that Salinger’s novel describes my struggle.

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If Trump Tweeted Classic Lit Reviews…

Donald Trump has a very distinctive twitter style., one that would be great for classic book reviews. A BuzzFeed writer imagines how he might have reviewed “Hamlet,” “Tristram Shandy,” “Ulysses,” and other classics.

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When It Comes to Culture, Bet on France

In the wake of the ISIS attacks, France has something to fall back on: its proud literary tradition.

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