Camus''s the Plague - Philosophical Perspectives

This collection of original essays on philosophical themes in Albert Camus's The Plague is of special relevance during and in the aftermath of Covid-19 but also provides reflections that will be of lasting value to those interested in this classic work of literature.

List of contents

• Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) poem


• Series Editor's Foreword


• Acknowledgements


• List of Contributors


• List of Illustrations


• Introduction, Peg Brand Weiser


• Chapter 1: The Plague and the Present Moment, Steven G. Kellman


• Chapter 2: Present in Effacement: The Place of Women in Camus's Plague and Ours, Jane E. Schulz


• Chapter 3: The Meaning of a Pandemic, Andrew Edgar


• Chapter 4: Grief and Human Connection in The Plague, Kathleen Higgins


• Chapter 5: Examining the Narrative Devolution of the Physician in Camus's The Plague, Edward B. Weiser


• Chapter 6: Horror and Natural Evil in The Plague, Cynthia A. Freeland


• Chapter 7: 'I Can't Breathe': Covid-19 and The Plague's Tragedy, Margaret E. Gray


• Chapter 8: Modern Death, Decent Death, and Heroic Solidarity in The Plague, Peg Brand Weiser

About the author

Peg Brand Weiser is Laureate Professor and Research Professor of Philosophy at the University of Arizona, with affiliated faculty status with Gender & Women's Studies, the W. A. Franke Honors College, and the AIAR (Applied Intercultural Arts Research) Graduate Program.

Summary

This collection of original essays on philosophical themes in Albert Camus's The Plague is of special relevance during and in the aftermath of Covid-19 but also provides reflections that will be of lasting value to those interested in this classic work of literature.

Additional text

Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty.

Product details

• Authors: Peg Brand (Laureate Professor and Research Weiser
• Assisted by: Peg Brand Weiser (Editor), Peg Brand (Laureate Professor and Research Professor of Philosophy Weiser (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.02.2023
• EAN: 9780197599327
• ISBN: 978-0-19-759932-7
• No. of pages: 250
• Series: OXFORD STUDIES IN PHIL AND LIT SERIES; Oxford Studies in Phil and Lit
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; Philosophy of Language, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, Literary studies: general, Western philosophy from c 1800, Western Philosophy, From C 1900 -