Contemporary Literary Criticism


Camus, Albert | Camus on Camus

Camus on Camus

NOTEBOOKS AND PREFACES

Of the various sources of statements by Camus on himself, his background, career, and work, including notebooks, prefaces, correspondence, interviews, and other public statements, the seven notebooks, published posthumously in three volumes called Carnets (of which the first two have been translated into English), are the richest, providing many observations on wide-ranging topics and affording great insight into the author and his literary works. (Camus’s working sketchbooks, or “carnets de notes,” for drafts of works in progress and other types of notebooks or loose sheets, mentioned occasionally in the...

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