Huis Clos and other plays

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Title:

Huis Clos and other plays

Author:

Sartre, Jean-Paul, 1905-1980.

ISBN:

9780141184555

Personal Author:

Sartre, Jean-Paul, 1905-1980.

Publication Information:

London : Penguin in association with Hamish Hamilton, 2000.

Physical Description:

222 p. ; 20 cm.

Series:

Penguin classics

Contents:

The respectable prostitute. Originally published: London : Hamish Hamilton, 1949 - Lucifer and the Lord. Originally published: London : Hamish Hamilton, 1952 - Huis Clos. Originally published: London : Hamish Hamilton, 1946.

Personal Subject:

Sartre, Jean-Paul, 1905-1980-Translations into English.

Added Author:

Sartre, Jean-Paul, 1905-1980. Respectable prostitute. English.

Sartre, Jean-Paul, 1905-1980. Lucifer and the Lord. English.

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Summary

These three plays, diverse in subject but thematically coherent, illuminate one of Sartre's major philosophical concerns- the struggle to live and act freely in a complex and constricting world. Lucifer and the Lord , Sartre's favourite among his plays, explores this theme in depth, dealing in the process with fundamental questions of faith and disillusionment; in Huis Clos - arguably Sartre's most important play - he contends that 'Hell is other people', and details the afterlife of three souls trapped together in locked room and the torments that they inflict on each other; while The Respectable Prostitute , set in the Deep South of America, is concerned with racism, subjugation and the demands of conscience.