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21. Epilogue: ‘for the sorrow and education of men’

20. On the importance of the imagination in Albert Camus’ theory of the novel

Sidebar: Notes on Joseph Grand and Franz Kafka

19. On the importance of the figure of Joseph Grand in The Plague

18. On the influence of journalism in Albert Camus’ development as an intellectual and writer

17. On Albert Camus’ rules for journalism in dark and oppressive times

16. On the themes of language and communication in Albert Camus' The Plague

15. On the restoration of communication as a form of rebellion in Albert Camus’ thought

14. On the transposition of The Myth of Sisyphus into an argument about language

13. On the resistance to nihilism, abstraction, and ideology in The Plague

12. On Camus’ outline for a politics of non-violence and non-domination

Sidebar: Notes on Krisis

11. On how Albert Camus’ ecological imagination structures The Plague

10. On the ecological imagination of Albert Camus

9. On the human body as the locus of Albert Camus’ thought

8. On the influence of tuberculosis on Albert Camus’ The Plague, 1941-1947

7. On the influence of tuberculosis on Camus’ early life and work, 1931-1941

6. On the third and final version of The Plague, 1945-1947

5. On the influence of the purge on Camus’ thinking, 1944-1945

4. On the second version of The Plague, 1942-1944

3. On the first version of The Plague, 1941-1942

2. On why The Plague is not an allegory

1. Interesting times

Reading Albert Camus' The Plague during COVID, climate change, and various political crises