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Northrop Frye’s Four Levels of Literary Meaning
Or, the nuts and bolts of reading
May 17, 2023
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Matthew Lamb
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17. On Albert Camus’ rules for journalism in dark and oppressive times
Or, how working as a journalist influenced Camus’ development as an intellectual and writer
Nov 29, 2021
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Matthew Lamb
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13. On the resistance to nihilism, abstraction, and ideology in The Plague
Or, how Albert Camus’ novel implicates us all
Nov 1, 2021
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Matthew Lamb
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On reading Camus’ “The Stranger” in its Algerian context
Or, ‘The sense of honour among Algerians’ (Part 1 of 2)
Jan 31, 2022
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Matthew Lamb
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The Banality of Elon Musk
Or, the world we get when we reward thoughtlessness
Mar 3
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Matthew Lamb
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12. On Camus’ outline for a politics of non-violence and non-domination
Or, how Camus’ ecological imagination resists nihilism and ideology
Oct 25, 2021
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Matthew Lamb
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12. On Camus’ outline for a politics of non-violence and non-domination
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An alternative view of Jack Kerouac at 100
'Adios, King.'
Mar 18, 2022
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Matthew Lamb
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1. Interesting times
An introduction to reading Albert Camus' The Plague during COVID, climate change, and various political crises
Aug 9, 2021
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Matthew Lamb
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14. On the transposition of The Myth of Sisyphus into an argument about language
Or, the influence of Brice Parain’s philosophy of expression on Albert Camus
Nov 8, 2021
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Matthew Lamb
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14. On the transposition of The Myth of Sisyphus into an argument about language
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2. On why The Plague is not an allegory
An outline of Camus’ theory of the novel
Aug 16, 2021
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Matthew Lamb
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3. On the first version of The Plague, 1941-1942
Some of the origins of the plague symbol
Aug 23, 2021
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Matthew Lamb
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On Frank Moorhouse: Strange Paths
Reflections of an accidental biographer
Sep 12, 2023
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Matthew Lamb
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