(noun) a misrepresentation intended to harm anoth…
What is Literature?
by
Bernard Frechtman,
Jean-Paul Sartre
Oct. 12, 2017 - Oct. 17, 2017
(read/literary-criticism/essay-collections)
Sartre, J. (2001). What is Literature?. Routledge.
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vitiate »
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exigent »
(adjective) requiring immediate aid or action / (…
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praxis »
(noun) ; action practice; as / (noun) exercise or…
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breviary »
(noun) a book of the prayers, hymns, psalms, and …
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[...] Such is the present paradox of ethics; if I…
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[...] In the event of a Soviet victory, we will b…
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[...] The writer, in opposition to bourgeois ideo…
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[...] We hope that our books remain in the air al…
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We did not want to delight our public with its su…
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Introduction
by
David Caute
- literature as a form of social action
- Sartre's preoccupation (since 40s) by Marxist theory and Communism; his anxiety to define his position (esp re Soviet Union) shows in these pages
- Sartre's own novels/plays focus on the middle class not proletariat
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Introduction
by
David Caute
- literature as a form of social action
- Sartre's preoccupation (since 40s) by Marxist theory and Communism; his anxiety to define his position (esp re Soviet Union) shows in these pages
- Sartre's own novels/plays focus on the middle class not proletariat
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Foreword
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What is Writing?
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Why Write?
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For Whom Does One Write?
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