A Student's Guide to Camus

by Brian Masters

STUDENTS GUIDE TO CAMUS (STUDENTS GUIDE TO EUROPEAN LITERATURE) (map)

Paperback

First published January 1, 1974

About the author

Brian Masters is a British writer best known for his biographies of mass murderers, including Killing for Company, on Dennis Nilsen; The Shrine of Jeffrey Dahmer; She Must Have Known, on Rosemary West; and The Evil That Men Do. He has also written about the British aristocracy and worked as a translator.

Reviews

[Aaron Burns · Rating 3 out of 5]

Camus: a study is a clearly expressed exploration of the work of Camus, albeit remarkable for its narrowness of scope. Very little in the way of Camus's philisophical and literary influences are presented, but Masters succeeds in fleshing out some of the key ideas expressed in the major works and presents a very positive view of a man displaying both remarkable moral courage and optimism (in spite of being incorrectly labelled an existentialist or even a nihilist). This short study whets the appetite for further exploration, which is to say it leaves something to be desired; fair treatment of the sensitive absurdist is not among these. Camus: a study serves as an excellent primer for Camus's literary and philosophical output.