Beckett and Badiou : the pathos of intermittency / Andrew Gibson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gibson, Andrew, 1949- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Badiou, Alain--Criticism and interpretation.

Badiou, Alain.

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

Beckett, Samuel.

Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989--Influence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

'Beckett and Badiou' examines the intellectual relationship between two of the great European minds of the 20th century. Offering an introduction to Badiou's philosophy and an interpretation of Beckett, it is also a comparative study of the artist and the philosopher.

Contents:

Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Badiou (i): Being, Event, Subject, Truth; 2. Badiou (ii): Politics, Ethics, Aesthetics; 3. Badiou, Beckett, and Contemporary Criticism; 4. The Break with Doxa: Murphy, Watt; 5. The Event of the Event: The Unnamable; 6. The Thought of the Good: Enough, The Lost Ones, Ill Seen Ill Said, Worstward Ho; 7. The Sparkle Hid in Ashes: Beckett's Plays; Conclusion: The Pathos of Intermittency; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Formerly CIP.

Previously issued in print: 2007.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [291]-312) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

1-383-03468-0

1-280-75420-6

0-19-152590-1

1-4294-7028-3

OCLC:

437092694