... the only of Camus's works to lack an actual literary theme through and through. Rather, it is a quasi-philosophical work of great literary importance, as it transcends the prototypical story, into the story of man; this is what amounts to be a literary work of vast intellectual worth, rather than archetypical storyline. Camus defines the Rebel one who "undoubtedly demands a certain degree of ... overall importance to man, more than make up for these occasional deviations into the stupefying expanse of near encyclopedic history. The Rebel's decisive factor is its evenhanded examination o...

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