Overview

An Analysis of Jean-Paul Sartre’s Plays in Théâtre complet is the first volume to propose a critical analysis of all of Jean-Paul Sartre’s plays as published in the Bibliothèque de la Pléiade, Paris, Gallimard, 2005. Viewing the plays in the context of Sartre’s philosophy, his prose writings and works by other philosophers, novelists, and playwrights, this comprehensive volume is essential reading for students of French literature, theatre, and existentialist philosophy.

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Author:   Adrian van den Hoven
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
ISBN:  

9781032812748

ISBN 10:   1032812745
Pages:   172
Publication Date:   26 December 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
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Table of Contents

Jean-Paul Sartre. Playwright. Introduction Jean-Paul Sartre. Playwright. Introduction 1 Bariona: Sartre’s First Play Features a Jewish Village Chief Who Saves the Christ Child at His Own Peril 2 The Flies and the Vichy Regime: A Bloody Farce 3 No Exit or Bringing the Dead Back to Life 4 Sartre’s Story “The Wall”, His Play The Victors, and Kant’s Moral Principle: ”It Is A Duty to Tell the Truth” in a Philosophical, Literary, and Political Context 5 Sartre’s Play The Victors Seen in the Light of the Scenario Resistance, Its Preface: “A Film for the Post-War Period” and The Roads to Freedom IV: The Last Chance. Collaboration, Torture, and Commitment. 6 The Changing Fate of “the Modern Woman”: Sartre’s The Respectful Prostitute and Camus’s Stage Adaptation Réquiem pour une nonne in the Context of Flaubert’s Madame Bovary, Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina, and Faulkner’s novels Sanctuary and Requiem for a Nun 7 Dirty Hands and the Unspoken Truth 8 The Devil and the Good Lord – Demystifying Feudalism, God, and the Good Lord 9 Kean: From Resentment of the Aristocracy to an Appreciation of Meritocracy 10 Nekrassov – Anti-communist Capers in a pièce à clefs: Sartre Takes Aim at Beckett and Camus, Rivals the Marx Brothers and the Keystone Copes, and Pokes Fun at His Own Philosophy 11 Collusion: The Skeleton in the Closet in The Condemned of Altona 12 The Trojan Women and the Theater of Commitment 13 A Discussion of Sartre’s Theatrical Project Entitled Exercising Damage Control and the Question of Suicide, Psychoanalysis, and Other Themes 14 Recurring Themes and Techniques in Sartre’s Theatrical Project Le Pari (The Wager)

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Adrian van den Hoven is Professor Emeritus at the University of Windsor and President of the North American Sartre Society. He is the Special Projects Editor of Sartre Studies International.

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