212 Pages
by
Routledge
212 Pages
by
Routledge
The full French text of Sartre's first full-length play is accompanied by French-English vocabulary. Notes and a detailed introduction in English put the work in its social and historical context.
INTRODUCTION How Les Mains sales was received; Sartre and the theatre; Existentialism and the theatre; The historical frame; Characters: Hugo, Hoedere, Louis, the guards, Olga, Jessica; Possible interpretations of the murder; Structure and style; Conclusion NOTES TO THE INTRODUCTION; LES MAINS SALES; NOTES
Biography
Jean-Paul Sartre, Walter D. Redfern, Professor of Frech University of Reading.