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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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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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17. On Albert Camus’ rules for journalism in dark and oppressive times
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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13. On the resistance to nihilism, abstraction, and ideology in The Plague
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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On reading Camus’ “The Stranger” in its Algerian context
The Banality of Elon Musk
Or, the world we get when we reward thoughtlessness
Mar 3 • 
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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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12. On Camus’ outline for a politics of non-violence and non-domination
An alternative view of Jack Kerouac at 100
'Adios, King.'
Mar 18, 2022 • 
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An alternative view of Jack Kerouac at 100
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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1. Interesting times
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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14. On the transposition of The Myth of Sisyphus into an argument about language
2. On why The Plague is not an allegory
An outline of Camus’ theory of the novel
Aug 16, 2021 • 
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2. On why The Plague is not an allegory
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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3. On the first version of The Plague, 1941-1942
On Frank Moorhouse: Strange Paths
Reflections of an accidental biographer
Sep 12, 2023 • 
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