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Author QuotedJean Paul Sartre
Title QuotedLiterature & existentialism / Jean Paul Sartre ; transl. from the French by Bernard Frechtman
Date (Year/Month/Day)1963/09/20
ImprintNew York : Citadel. [c1949, 1962]
QuotationSartre's Literature and Existentialism on the other hand is powerful and convincing, though his historical synopsis is contrived and pontifical as are his pseudo-marxist conclusions.
Quotation SourceDancing in the Water of Life: Seeking Peace in the Hermitage. The Journals of Thomas Merton, Volume 5, 1963-1965.; Edited by Robert E. Daggy. / San Francisco : Harper Collins. 1997, p. 17
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