Beckett and Death

Dr Matthew Feldman editor Professor Philip Tew editor Steven Barfield editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Continuum Publishing Corporation

Published:22nd Dec '11

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A collection of research by leading international scholars on Beckett, as well as younger academics, analysing a number of Beckett's poems, plays and short stories through consideration of mortality and death.

A collection of research by international scholars on Beckett, as well as younger academics, analysing a number of Beckett's poems, plays and short stories through consideration of mortality and death. It explores the theme of deathliness in relation to Beckett's work as a whole.Death is indisputably central to Beckett's writing and reception. This collection of research considers a number of Beckett's poems, novels, plays and short stories through considerations of mortality and death. Chapters explore the theme of deathliness in relation to Beckett's work as a whole, through three main approaches. The first of these situates Beckett's thinking about death in his own writing and reading processes, particularly with respect to manuscript drafts and letters. The second on the death of the subject in Beckett links dominant 'poststructural' readings of Beckett's writing to the textual challenge exemplified by the The Unnamable. A final approach explores psychology and death, with emphasis on deathly states like catatonia and Cotard's Syndrome that recur in Beckett's work. Beckett and Death offers a range of cutting-edge approaches to the trope of mortality, and a unique insight into the relationship of this theme to all aspects of Beckett's literature.

"'The sheer breadth of material and approaches identifies this collection as a useful resource for Beckettians of all critical persuasions.' (Irish Studies Review)... a highly original and compelling collection of essays... a very strong collection, shedding new and original critical light on this so fundamental yet so highly contested element of Beckett's work. (Routledge ABES)"

ISBN: 9781441191311

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240 pages

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