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Albert Camus' hellenic heart, between Saint Augustine and Hegel

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This chapter situates Camus' Hellenism in the context of other French modernists in literature. It examines Camus' youthful Hellenism, rooted in his own experiences growing up in French Algeria. It then examines the philosophical dimensions of his defence of classical mesure, in the context of the 20th century European disaster. It also looks at his reading of Greek tragedy, and his key contrast of Prometheus as rebel, with Satan.

History

Volume

9

Chapter number

12

Pagination

242-268

ISSN

2213-1426

ISBN-13

9789004276505

Language

eng

Publication classification

B Book chapter, B1 Book chapter

Copyright notice

2017, BRILL

Extent

14

Editor/Contributor(s)

Glowyn AJ, Nikipoulos J

Publisher

Brill

Place of publication

Boston, Ma.

Title of book

Brill's companion to the reception of the classics in international modernism and the avant garde

Series

Brill's companions to classical reception