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The Reader makes readily available for the first time 17 major, previously uncollected significant essays from the Journal of Beckett Studies from 1992 to the present.
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Captures the vitality of Beckett studies in the visual arts, drama and music as well as considering topics such as Beckett and science, historiography, geocriticism and philosophy. The volume outlines…
S.E. Gontarski
Creative Involution: Bergson, Beckett Deleuze focuses on a philosophical trajectory that not only had a profound impact on critical thought of the 20th and now 21st centuries, but on cosmopolitan…
Representing a profound engagement with the work of Samuel Beckett, this volume gathers the very best of Stan Gontarski’s Beckett criticism on practical, theoretical and critical levels.
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“Creative Involution: Bergson, Beckett Deleuze’ focuses on a philosophical trajectory that not only had a profound impact on critical thought of the 20th and now 21st centuries, but on cosmopolitan…
J.D. O'Hara
A comprehensive study of Beckett’s use of source material, which examines specifically the writer’s almost obsessive concern with psychological sources and themes, and his use of Freudian and Jungian narrative…
Daniela Bini
An examination of Pirandello’ later plays in light of the recent publication of his correspondence. It traces the writer’s creative process, revealing how his perception of women shaped his philosophy…
Jean-Michel Rabate
Attempting to provide a more precise meaning to the term modernism , this text combines psychoanalytical and philosophical concepts in rereading the history of modernity. The author focuses throughout on…
Placing playwright Samuel Beckett’s work in important historical, cultural, and aesthetic contexts, this book contains essays that demonstrate the playwright’s impact on theater, performance, and visual arts during the latter…
