Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface III
3. Acknowledgments V
4. Contents VII
5. Introduction. Philosophy and Literature 1
6. 1. Phenomenological and Existentialist Description in Literature: The Early Reviews 9
7. 2. Ontology, Aesthetics, Ethics and Literature: The Programmatic Articles 47
8. 3. Occasional Articles 111
9. 4. Existentialist Psychoanalysis in Biographical Interpretation: Baudelaire 126
10. 5. Saint Genet, Actor and Martyr 150
11. 6. Existentialist Anthropology: "Flaubert" and Later Articles 216
12. Conclusion. The Validity of Literature and the Role of Literary Criticism 265
13. Bibliography 273
14. Index 291