Samuel Beckett is a challenging giant of 20th century literature, and Beckett studies increasingly focus on the interwar period for evidence of Beckett's subsequent embrace of an 'art of failure'.
This monograph is based on close analysis of the newly-released notebooks and transcriptions compiled by Beckett from 1929-1940, which shed important and unique insight into Beckett's working methods, original sources and literary development.
In particular they reveal the central paradox that Beckett's professions of 'ignorance and impotence' were founded upon extensive erudition and academic practices reflecting his interests in philosophy and psychology.
This is the first book to offer an extended study of how recent archival discoveries can contribute to the fundamental transformation of Beckett's truly revolutionary literature.
| ISBN: | 9780826490599 |
| Publication date: | 8th June 2006 |
| Author: | Matthew Feldman |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Continuum an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 179 pages |
| Series: | Continuum Literary Studies Series |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 Literary studies: plays and playwrights Western philosophy from c 1800 |
Samuel Beckett is a challenging giant of 20th century literature, and Beckett studies increasingly focus on the interwar period for evidence of Beckett's subsequent embrace of an 'art of failure'. This monograph is based on close analysis of the newly-released notebooks and transcriptions compiled by Beckett from 1929-1940, which shed important and unique insight into Beckett's working methods, original sources and literary development.
Beckett's Books features in the following genres: Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Western philosophy from c 1800
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Beckett's Books was written by Matthew Feldman and published by Bloomsbury Continuum an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing
Beckett's Books has 179 pages
Yes it is part of Continuum Literary Studies Series series