Primary Works

The abbreviations used to cite Camus’s work (P, R, MS, RRD, N, and LCE) are defined in the section ‘Works in English’ below.

Collected Works in French

• Théâtre, Récits, Nouvelles, R. Quilliot (ed.), Paris: Gallimard, 1962.
• Essais, R. Quillot and L. Fauçon (eds.), Paris: Gallimard, 1965.
• Œuvres Complètes, Vols. I–IV, R. Gay-Crosier (ed.) Paris: Gallimard, 2006–09.

Works in English

Reference marks are given for cited English translations.

• The Plague, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1948 [P].
• The Plague, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2021 [P 2021].
• The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1954 [R].
• The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays, New York: Alred A. Knopf, 1955 [MS].
• The Fall, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1957.
• Caligula, and Three Other Plays, New York: Alred A. Knopf, 1958.
• Resistance, Rebellion, and Death, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961 [RRD].
• “Nuptials at Tipasa”, in Lyrical and Critical Essays, 1968 [N]. (Scholar)
• Lyrical and Critical Essays, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1968 [LCE].
• The Stranger, New York: Vintage, 1988.
• Between Hell and Reason, Hanover, NH: Wesleyan University Press, 1991 [Camus’ Between Hell and Reason available online]. (Scholar)
• “Christian Metaphysics and Neoplatonism”, in J. McBride, Albert Camus: Philosopher and Littérateur, New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1992, pp. 93–165. (Scholar)
• Notebooks 1942–1951, New York: Marlowe, 1995.
• Notebooks 1935–1942, New York: Marlowe, 1996.
• Camus at Combat: Writing 1944–47, J. Lévi-Vatensi (ed.), Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2006.

Camus and Sartre

• Sartre, J.P., “Camus’s The Outsider,” in Literary and Philosophical Essays, New York: Collier Books, 1962. (Scholar)
• Sprintzen, D.A., and A. van den Hoven (eds.), Sartre and Camus: A Historic Confrontation, Amherst, NY: Humanity Books, 2004.

Secondary Works

• Aronson, R., 1980, Jean-Paul Sartre: Philosophy in the World, London: Verso. (Scholar)
• –––, 2004, Camus and Sartre: The Story of a Friendship and the Quarrel That Ended It, Chicago: University of Chicago Press. (Scholar)
• –––, 2011, “Camus the Unbeliever,” in Situating Existentialism, Robert Bernasconi and Jonathan Judaken (eds.), New York: Columbia University Press. (Scholar)
• –––, 2013, “Camus et Sartre: parallèles et divergences de leur philosophie,” Cahier Albert Camus, Raymond Gay-Crosier (ed.), Paris: L’Herne. (Scholar)
• –––, 2020, “Camus’ Plague Is Not Ours,” Tikkun, published online 14 April 2020 [Aronson 2020 available online]. (Scholar)
• Berman, P., 2003, Terror and Liberalism, New York: Norton. (Scholar)
• Betz, M., 2020, “The Plague, a Review,” The Philosophers Magazine, No. 214, 18 May 2020 [Betz 2020 available online]. (Scholar)
• Boisvert, R., 2021, “Camus, The Plague and Us,” Philosophy Now, Issue 143 [Boisvert 2021 available online]. (Scholar)
• de Botton, A., 2021, “Camus on the Coronavirus,” New York Times, 18 March 2021 [de Botton 2021 available online]. (Scholar)
• Carlson, J, 2014, “Remembering Albert Camus and Longing for the Old Atheism,” Huffington Post, 23 January 2014 [available online] (Scholar)
• Carroll, D., 2007, Albert Camus the Algerian: Colonialism, Terrorism, Justice, New York: Columbia University Press. (Scholar)
• Daoud, K., 2015, The Meursault Investigation, New York: Other Press. (Scholar)
• Farr, P., 2021. “In this Moment, We Are All Dr. Rieux: COVID-19, Existential Anxiety and the Absurd History,” Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 61(2): 275–82 [Farr 2021 available online]. (Scholar)
• Foley, J., 2008, Albert Camus: From the Absurd to Revolt, Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press. (Scholar)
• Gay-Crosier, R., Vanney, P., 2009, Camus et l’histoire, Caen: Lettres modernes Minard. (Scholar)
• Hanna, T., 1958, The Thought and Art of Albert Camus, Chicago: H. Regnery Co. (Scholar)
• Hayden, P.E., 2013, “Albert Camus and Rebellious Cosmopolitanism in a Divided World,” Journal of International Political Theory, 9(2): 194–219. (Scholar)
• Hughes, E.J. (ed.), 2007, The Cambridge Companion to Camus, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (Scholar)
• Illing, S.D., 2017, “Camus and Nietzsche on politics in an age of absurdity,” European Journal of Political Theory, 16(1): 24–40. (Scholar)
• –––, 2020, “This is a Time for Solidarity: What Albert Camus’s The Plague Can Teach Us about Life in a Pandemic,” Vox, 15 March 2020 [Illing 2020 available online]. (Scholar)
• Isaac, J.C., 1992, Arendt, Camus and Modern Rebellion, New Haven: Yale University Press. (Scholar)
• James, W., 1896, “Is Life Worth Living?” The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy, New York: Longmans, Green, and Co. [Reprint of James 1896 available online] (Scholar)
• Jeanson, F., 1947, “Albert Camus ou le mensonge de l’absurdité,” Revue Dominicaine no. 53. (Scholar)
• Kabel, A. and R. Phillipson, 2020, “Structural Violence and Hope in Catastrophic Times from The Plague to COVID-19,” Race and Class, 62(4), 3–18 [Kabel & Phillipson 2020 available online]. (Scholar)
• Lazere, D., 1973, The Unique Creation of Albert Camus, New Haven: Yale University Press. (Scholar)
• Lottman, H. R., 1997, Albert Camus: A Biography, Corte Madera, CA: Gingko. (Scholar)
• Mélançon, M., 1976, Albert Camus: Analyse de sa Pensée, Fribourg: Éditions universitaires. (Scholar)
• McBride, J., 1992, Albert Camus: Philosopher and Littérateur, New York: St. Martin’s Press. (Scholar)
• McCarthy, P., 1982, Camus, New York: Random House. (Scholar)
• Neiman, P. G., 2017, “Camus on Authenticity in Political Violence,” European Journal of Philosophy, 25(4): 1569–87. (Scholar)
• Nietzsche, F. W., 1878/1996, Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits, M. Faber and S. Lehmann, (trans.). Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. (Scholar)
• –––, 1888/1968, “Twilight of the Idols”, in W. Kaufmann (trans.), The Portable Nietzsche, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, pp. 463–563. (Scholar)
• O’Brien, C. C., 1970, Albert Camus of Europe and Africa, New York: Viking. (Scholar)
• Plutarch, Moralia (Volume II), F. C. Babbitt (ed. and trans.), Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
• Rizzuto, A., 1981, Camus’s Imperial Vision, Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press. (Scholar)
• Sagi, A., 2002, Albert Camus and the Philosophy of the Absurd, Amsterdam: Editions Rodopi B.V. (Scholar)
• Sharpe, M., 2012, “Restoring Camus as Philosophe: On Ronald Srigley’s Camus’s Critique of Modernity”, Critical Horizons, 13(3): 400–424. (Scholar)
• –––, M. Kaluza, and P. Francev, 2020, Brill’s Companion to Camus: Camus among the Philosophers, Leiden: Brill. (Scholar)
• Sherman, D., 2008, Camus, Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell. (Scholar)
• Sprintzen, D., 1988, Camus: A Critical Examination, Philadelphia: Temple University Press. (Scholar)
• Srigley, R., 2011, Albert Camus’ Critique of Modernity, Columbia: University of Missouri Press. (Scholar)
• Thody, P., 1973, Albert Camus 1913–60, London: Hamish Hamilton. (Scholar)
• Todd, O., 1997, Albert Camus: A Life, New York: Knopf. (Scholar)
• Zaretsky, R., 2020, “Out of a Clear Blue Sky: Camus’s The Plague and Coronavirus,” Times Literary Supplement, 10 April 2020 [Zaretsky 2020 available online]. (Scholar)