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Author Rabaté, Jean-Michel, 1949- author.

Title Beckett and Sade / Jean-Michel Rabaté
Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020
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Description 1 online resource (72 pages)
Series Cambridge elements. Elements in Beckett studies
Cambridge elements. Elements in Beckett studies.
Summary Much has been written on Beckett and Sade, yet nothing systematic has been produced. This Element is systematic by adopting a chronological order, which is necessary given the complexity of Beckett's varying assessments of Sade. Beckett mentioned Sade early in his career, with Proust as a first guide. His other sources were Guillaume Apollinaire and Mario Praz's book, La Carne, La morte e il Diavolo Nella Letteratura Romantica (1930), from which he took notes about sadism for his Dream Notebook. Dante's meditation on the absurdity of justice provides closure facing Beckett's wonder at the pervasive presence of sadism in humans
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 28, 2020)
Subject Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989 -- Criticism and interpretation
Sade, marquis de, 1740-1814 -- Influence
Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989
Sade, marquis de, 1740-1814
Sadism in literature.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Sadism in literature
Sadism.
Kinks and fetishes.
Sadomasochism.
Sexual preference.
Genre/Form Electronic books
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
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