| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 185 pages) |
| Contents |
Samuel Beckett and the question of 'Europe' / William Davies -- "The following precious and illuminating material should be carefully studied" : material incorporation in Beckett, Sebald, and Krasznahorkai / Martin Schauss -- In Search of space and locale in the genesis of Samuel Beckett's Fin de partie / Anita Rákóczy -- "Home and visiting temperaments" : Beckett's diasporic encounters / William Davies -- Beckett, bildung, and the modernist bildungsroman / Bunshiro Sugimoto -- 'Proust in pieces' : Beckett's humour beyond the critic / Michela Bariselli -- Variations on a theme by the first-person : Samuel Beckett's pursuit of the first-person narration / Yusaku Tomaru -- The place of Samuel Beckett in Six maladies of the contemporary spirit / Rosanne Bezerra de Araújo -- "Gorgoglian ne la strozza" : Dantesque variations in Samuel Beckett and Primo Levi / Davide Crosara |
| Summary |
"Drawing on the diverse critical debates of the 'Beckett and Europe' conference held in Reading, UK, in 2015, this volume brings together a selection of essays to offer an international response to the central question of what 'Europe' might mean for our understandings of the work of Samuel Beckett. Ranging from historical and archival work to the close interrogation of language and form, from the influences of various national literary traditions on Beckett's writing to his influence on the work of other writers and thinkers, this book examines the question of Europe from multiple vantage points so as to reflect the ways in which Beckett's oeuvre both challenges and enlivens his status as a 'European writer'. With a full introductory chapter examining the challenging implications of the term 'Europe' in the contemporary period, this volume treats Europe as a recognition of the multiple ways that Beckett's poetry, criticism, prose and drama invite new understandings of the role of history, culture and tradition in one of the most significant bodies of writing of the twentieth century."-- Back cover |
| Notes |
Based on papers from the 'Beckett and Europe' conference at the University of Reading in 2015 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 23, 2018) |
| Subject |
Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989 -- Knowledge -- Europe
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| SUBJECT |
Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989 fast |
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- French.
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Literature
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| SUBJECT |
Europe -- In literature.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045784
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| Subject |
Europe
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Bariselli, Michela, editor
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Bowe, Niamh M., editor
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Davies, William, 1991- editor
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| ISBN |
9781443896306 |
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1443896306 |
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9781527509832 |
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1527509834 |
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