Sartre, Jean-Paul 1905-1980

Being and nothingness : an essay on phenomenological ontology by Jean-Paul Sartre ( Book )
144 editions published between 1943 and 2010 in English and Undetermined and held by 4,784 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Often criticized, and all too rarely understood, the philosophy of Jean-Paul Sartre encompasses the dilemmas and aspirations of the individual in contemporary society. The principal text of the modern existentialist movement, Being and Nothingness contains the basic tenets of his thought. A work of inherent power and epic score, it provides a vivid analysis for all who would understand one of the most influential philosophic movements of our time

Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre ( Book )
217 editions published between 1900 and 2013 in 6 languages and held by 3,639 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Winner of the 1964 Nobel Prize for Literature, Jean-Paul Sartre, French philosopher, critic, novelist, and dramatist, holds a position of singular eminence in the world of letters. Among readers and critics familiar with the whole of Sartre's work, it is generally recognized that his earliest novel, La Nausée (first published in 1938), is his finest and most significant. It is unquestionably a key novel of the twentieth century and a landmark in Existentialist fiction. Nausea is the story of Antoine Roquentin, a French writer who is horrified at his own existence. In impressionistic, diary form he ruthlessly catalogues his every feeling and sensation. His thoughts culminate in a pervasive, overpowering feeling of nausea which "spreads at the bottom of the viscous puddle, at the bottom of our time -- the time of purple suspenders and broken chair seats; it is made of wide, soft instants, spreading at the edge, like an oil stain." Roquentin's efforts to come to terms with life, his philosophical and psychological struggles, give Sartre the opportunity to dramatize the tenets of his Existentialist creed

The age of reason by Jean-Paul Sartre ( Book )
97 editions published between 1900 and 2009 in 3 languages and held by 3,395 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The middle-aged protagonist of Sartre's philosophical novel, set in 1938, refuses to give up his ideas of freedom, despite the approach of the war

La nausée by Jean-Paul Sartre ( Book )
343 editions published between 1938 and 2011 in 6 languages and held by 2,572 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A solitary named Antoine Roquentin, in the privacy of his journal, analyzes the agony of his existence

Saint Genet, actor and martyr by Jean-Paul Sartre ( Book )
97 editions published between 1952 and 2012 in 4 languages and held by 2,553 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
". Saint Genet is Jean-Paul Sartre & rsquo;s classic biography of Jean Genet & amp;mdash;thief, convict, and great artist & amp;mdash;a character of almost legendary proportions whose influence grows stronger with time. Bringing together two of the century & amp;rsquo;s greatest minds and artists, Saint Genet is at once a compelling psychological portrait, masterpiece of literary criticism, and one of Sartre & amp;rsquo;s most personal and inspired philosophical creations."

The reprieve by Jean-Paul Sartre ( Book )
58 editions published between 1947 and 2001 in English and Artificial and held by 2,511 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Set in Paris, 1938, during the time of the Munich Pact and the Nazi takeover of Czechoslovakia

The philosophy of Jean-Paul Sartre by Jean-Paul Sartre ( Book )
38 editions published between 1925 and 2012 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,288 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This unique selection presents the essential elements of Sartre's lifework, organized systematically and made available in one volume for the first time in any language

Existentialism and human emotions by Jean-Paul Sartre ( Book )
34 editions published between 1948 and 1999 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,259 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Essays culled from two former books by the leading French exponent of this philosophy

Baudelaire by Jean-Paul Sartre ( Book )
130 editions published between 1947 and 2007 in 5 languages and held by 2,240 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Sartre's study of Baudelaire is one of the more brilliant achievements of modern criticism. He turned abstractions like Existence and Being, Freedom and Nature, into a theory of psychoanalysis, grounded in man's creativity and opposed to Freudian determinism. Then he put the theory into practice in this book on Baudelaire

"What is literature?" and other essays by Jean-Paul Sartre ( Book )
19 editions published between 1949 and 1988 in English and held by 2,187 WorldCat member libraries worldwide