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Samuel Beckett : Laughing Matters, Comic Timing.

Reads Beckett's comic timing as part of a post-war ethics of representation. Samuel Beckett is a funny writer. He is also an author whose work is taken to respond ethically to the unspeakable seriousness of the post-Holocaust situation. How can these two statements sit together? Ranging widely...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Salisbury, Laura
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1 Critical Joking: The Early Prose; Chapter 2 Gagging in the Trilogy; Chapter 3 Power Playing in Endgame; Chapter 4 Comic Tremors: The Late Prose; Chapter 5 Slapstick Echoes: The Late Plays; Conclusion; Works Cited; General Index; Index of Authors and Works.