Into the Breach : Samuel Beckett and the Ends of Literature

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Arguing that Beckett's understanding of subjectivity cannot be reduced to that of phenomenology or existential humanism, Thomas Trezise offers a major reinterpretation of Beckett in light of Freud and such post-modernists as Bataille, Blanchot, and Derrida. Through extended comparisons of Becke...

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Main Author: Trezise, Thomas
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Beckett, Samuel, > 1906-1989.
Beckett, Samuel, > 1906-1989 > Fictional works.
Beckett, Samuel, > 1906-1989. > Molloy.
Beckett, Samuel, > 1906-1989. > Malone meurt.
Beckett, Samuel, > 1906-1989. > Innommable.
Molloy (Beckett, Samuel)
Malone meurt (Beckett, Samuel)
Innommable (Beckett, Samuel)
Criticism and interpretation.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > French.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Arguing that Beckett's understanding of subjectivity cannot be reduced to that of phenomenology or existential humanism, Thomas Trezise offers a major reinterpretation of Beckett in light of Freud and such post-modernists as Bataille, Blanchot, and Derrida. Through extended comparisons of Beckett's trilogy of novels with the writings of these thinkers, he emphasizes a ""general economy"" of signification that both produces and dispossesses the phenomenological self. Trezise shows how Beckett's work defines literature as an instance within this economy and in so doing challenges traditional
Physical Description:1 online resource (188 pages).
ISBN:9781400861354

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