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Huis Clos and Other Plays Jean-Paul Sartre

Huis Clos and Other Plays By Jean-Paul Sartre

Huis Clos and Other Plays by Jean-Paul Sartre


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Summary

A collection of plays including "Lucifer and the Lord", "Huis Clos", and "The Respectable Prostitute".

Huis Clos and Other Plays Summary

Huis Clos and Other Plays by Jean-Paul Sartre

These three plays, diverse in subject but thematically coherent, illuminate one of Sartre's major philosophical concerns: the struggle to live and act freely in a complex and constricting world. Lucifer and the Lord, Sartre's favourite among his plays, explores this theme in depth, dealing in the process with fundamental questions of faith and disillusionment; in Huis Clos - arguably Sartre's most important play - he contends that 'Hell is other people', and details the afterlife of three souls trapped together in locked room and the torments that they inflict on each other; while The Respectable Prostitute, set in the Deep South of America, is concerned with racism, subjugation and the demands of conscience.

About Jean-Paul Sartre

Philosopher, novelist, playwright and polemicist, Jean-Paul Sartre is thought to have been the central figure in post-war European culture and political thinking. His most well-known works, all of which are published by Penguin, include THE AGE OF REASON, NAUSEA and IRON IN THE SOUL.

Additional information

GOR002138933
9780141184555
0141184558
Huis Clos and Other Plays by Jean-Paul Sartre
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Penguin Books Ltd
2000-08-31
224
N/A
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