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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Salisbury, Laura
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2012.
Subjects:
Beckett, Samuel, > 1906-1989 > Criticism and interpretation.
Beckett, Samuel, > 1906-1989
Beckett, Samuel > 1906-1989
Comic, The, in literature.
Comique dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
DRAMA > Continental European.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > General.
Komik
Komik i litteraturen.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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