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This engaging summary presents an analysis of Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre, which follows one man as he becomes truly aware of the existence of the world around him and grapples with the rising sense of panic this causes. This realisation leads him to abandon the historical biography he is working on and embrace fiction instead, as a way of freeing himself from his nausea. This highly original book, which is one of the classic works of existentialism, combines elements of the essay and the novel as a way of transmitting the author’s philosophical ideas. Jean-Paul Sartre was a French writer, philosopher and political activist. He was a leading figure in the existentialist philosophical movement, and participated in the French Resistance during the Second World War. In 1964, he became the first person to ever turn down a Nobel Prize.
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This engaging summary presents an analysis of Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre, which follows one man as he becomes truly aware of the existence of the world around him and grapples with the rising sense of panic this causes. This realisation leads him to abandon the historical biography he is working on and embrace fiction instead, as a way of freeing himself from his nausea. This highly original book, which is one of the classic works of existentialism, combines elements of the essay and the novel as a way of transmitting the author’s philosophical ideas. Jean-Paul Sartre was a French writer, philosopher and political activist. He was a leading figure in the existentialist philosophical movement, and participated in the French Resistance during the Second World War. In 1964, he became the first person to ever turn down a Nobel Prize.
Find out everything you need to know about Nausea in a fraction of the time!
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• A complete plot summary
• Character studies
• Key themes and symbols
• Questions for further reflection
Why choose BrightSummaries.com?
Available in print and digital format, our publications are designed to accompany you on your reading journey. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time.
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French writer and philosopher
Born in Paris in 1905.
Died in Paris in 1980.
Notable works:
Being and Nothingness (1943), essay
No Exit (1944), play
Existentialism and humanism (1946), philosophical essay
Jean-Paul Sartre was a French writer and philosopher. He was born in Paris in 1905, and grew up in a cultivated, middle-class environment, which he described in Words (1963), an autobiographical account of his youth. He went on to study human sciences, sat the agrégation, a competitive teaching examination, in 1929, and met his future partner Simone de Beauvoir (French writer, 1908-1986). He became a philosophy teacher and published his novel Nausea (1938), which was positively received by critics.
One year later, Sartre was drafted into the army. He was taken prisoner, and joined the Resistance after his release. During this period, he wrote his first philosophical essay, Being and Nothingness (1943). Towards the end of the war, he met Albert Camus (French writer, 1913-1960) and worked with him on the newspaper Combat. Alongside his resistance activities, he wrote a series of literary texts in which he expounded on his philosophy and definition of literature, going from novels to plays. His most famous plays are The Flies (1943) and No Exit.
After the Liberation, Sartre founded the literary and political review Les Temps modernes (Modern Times
). His books were immensely successful, and he became
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