No Exit and Three Other Plays
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · Print & ebook · October 23, 1989
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- Who it’s for
- Four plays bring existential questions and sharp social conflicts into dramatic form.
- Themes
- Existentialism, American racism, Intellectual conflict
- Genres
- French Plays, Existentialism, African American Plays
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NOBEL PRIZE WINNER • Four seminal plays by one of the greatest philosophers of the twentieth century. An existential portrayal of Hell in Sartre's best-known play, as well as three other brilliant, thought-provoking works: the reworking of the Electra-Orestes story, the conflict of a young intellectual torn between theory and conflict, and an arresting attack on American racism.
Ideas in Conflict
Four plays bring existential questions and sharp social conflicts into dramatic form.
Come here for
- Philosophical questions tested through conflict
- A stage-minded encounter with moral and social tensions
Expect
- Existential visions and political unease
- Four distinct works, from Electra and Orestes to an attack on American racism
Where it sits
| French Plays | 95% |
|---|---|
| Existentialism | 80% |
| African American Plays | 35% |
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Publisher categories
- French Plays
- French Literary Collections
- Existentialism
- Authors
- Jean-Paul Sartre
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Published
- October 23, 1989
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Existentialism · American racism · Intellectual conflict
- Reading lane
- French Plays