Jean-Paul Sartre

by Cohen-Solal, Annie

• ISBN13: 9781565849747
• ISBN10: 1565849744
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-03-21
• Publisher: New Pr

Summary

The first volume in the Lives of the Left series, Annie Cohen-Solal's Sartre is a remarkable achievement.

Author Biography

Annie Cohen-Solal is Professor at Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences in Paris and Chair of American Studies at the University of Caen.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Preface	xi
Introduction	xv
Cornel West
Toward Genius 1905--1939	1	(128)
Spotlight on Jean-Baptiste	3	(15)
The Sorrows of Anne-Marie	18	(9)
The Private Bestiary of a Child-King	27	(14)
Scenes from La Rochelle	41	(8)
A Thousand Socrates	49	(28)
Just One Socrates	77	(24)
Dark Mood, Madness, Other Journeys . . .	101	(12)
Interlude: Two Years of Happiness	113	(16)
The Metamorphosis of War 1939--1945	129	(116)
A War a la Kafka	133	(15)
A Lofty Captivity	148	(11)
``Socialism and Freedom''	159	(19)
Impasse	178	(12)
``A Writer Who Resisted, Not a Resistance Fighter Who Wrote . . .''	190	(16)
Spiritual Leader for Thousands of Young People	206	(17)
From Buffalo Bill to FDR: The First Trip to America	223	(22)
The Sartre Years 1945--1956	245	(116)
Paris: The Era of Existentialism	247	(22)
New York	269	(10)
In the Engine Room	279	(11)
Hard Times with Group Politics	290	(21)
The Impasse Revisited	311	(16)
Pigeons and Tanks	327	(34)
A Man Waking Up 1956--1980	361	(164)
You're Terrific	363	(28)
The Anti-Ambassador	391	(24)
Untouchable	415	(37)
Between Flaubert and the Maoists	452	(36)
In the Shadow of the Tower	488	(37)
Afterword: Tracking Down a Willing and Reluctant Hero	525	(14)
Notes	539	(32)
Bibliography	571	(14)
Index	585