Beckett's art of absence : rethinking the void / Ciaran Ross.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ross, Ciaran.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989--Criticism and interpretation.

Beckett, Samuel.

Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

xiii, 233 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.

Summary:

"Using the work of W.Bion and D.Winnicott, this book offers a psychoanalytic study of Beckett's aesthetics of absence. Focusing on the first prose trilogy and Waiting for Godot, it offers a critical challenge to accepted viewpoints of Beckett's negative status, not only within psychoanalytic literary criticism, but within Beckett criticism at large"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note:

Preface

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Introduction

Setting up Shop in the Void.

Beckett's Negative Sublime

Family Matters

Playing, Dying and the Art of Being Absent

Incomprehensible Damnation

The Void on Stage

Restyling the Ineffable Void

Conclusion: By Way of Neither

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780230575189

0230575188

OCLC:

698451486