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Beckett's Dantes : intertextuality in the fiction and criticism / Daniela Caselli.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Caselli, Daniela, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321--Influence.
- Dante Alighieri.
- Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989--Criticism and interpretation.
- Beckett, Samuel.
- Comparative literature--English and Italian.
- Comparative literature.
- Comparative literature--French and Italian.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 232 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- With original and informative intertextual reading of Beckett's work, detecting previously unknown quotations, allusions to and parodies of Dante, Daniela Caselli presents a study of the relationship between Beckett and Dante.
- Contents:
- 9780719071560; 9780719071560; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Dantes in Limbo; Detecting Dante in Joyce; Recycling Dante in Proust; Belacqua does not observe 'the rule of the road'; There is no real Belacqua in Dream; Dante and Mr Beckett; Sordello is in the shade; Strata and mysteries: intratextuality in More Pricks Than Kicks; Quick deaths; Screechy flatfooted Tuscany peacocks; Fatigue and disgust: Murphy and Watt; Dante is kept out of sight: Murphy and the manuscripts; Addenda and excorporations; Who is the third beside you? Authority in Mercier and Camier
- Vague shadowy shapesNo quotes at any price; Déjà vu beyond reach: from the Novellas to the Three Novels; The calmative effect of one's classics; Odds and ends; Bits and scraps flickering on and off; Staging the Inferno in How It Is; A voice comes to one in the dark; 'E fango è il mondo': the Inferno performed; Geometries of passion; The witness and the scribe; 'In the words of the poet': The Lost Ones; Ravening eyes; Closed places; The sun and other stars would still be shining; Conclusion Farewell to the old lutist; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 11, 2026).
- ISBN:
- 1-78170-197-0
- 1-84779-365-7
- OCLC:
- 818847234
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