Foreword
Beckett once remarked that he was interested in ‘fundamental sounds’ and the challenge for Beckett critics has been to find a metalanguage in which they can adequately comment on the profound noises of his drama and prose. A number of studies have considered Beckett’s work alongside analogies from p...
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| Published in | Samuel Beckett and the primacy of love p. ix |
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| Format | Book Chapter |
| Language | English |
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Manchester University Press
19.07.2013
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| Online Access | Get full text |
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| Summary: | Beckett once remarked that he was interested in ‘fundamental sounds’ and the challenge for Beckett critics has been to find a metalanguage in which they can adequately comment on the profound noises of his drama and prose. A number of studies have considered Beckett’s work alongside analogies from philosophy and, more recently, there has been an interest in Beckett as a sort of ‘dud mystic’ and espouser of what in theology is called theVia Negativa. Aesthetically he has been seen as a minimalist minimalist.
But what is ‘fundamental’ can also include the psychological, and there have been several attempts |
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| ISBN: | 9780719063121 0719063124 |