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Samuel Beckett and the politics of aftermath / James McNaughton.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McNaughton, James, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989--Criticism and interpretation.
- Beckett, Samuel.
- World War, 1939-1945--Literature and the war.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Ireland.
- Ireland--In literature.
- Ireland.
- Ireland--History--Civil War, 1922-1923--Literature and the war.
- Europe--Politics and government--1918-1945.
- Europe.
- Civil War (Ireland : 1922-1923).
- World War (1939-1945).
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (237 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018.
- Summary:
- 'Samuel Beckett and the Politics of Aftermath' explores Beckett's literary responses to the political maelstroms of his formative and middle years: the Irish civil war and the crisis of commitment in 1930s Europe, the rise of fascism and the atrocities of World War II. Archive yields a Beckett who monitored propaganda in speeches and newspapers, and whose creative work engages with specific political strategies, rhetoric, and events. Finally, Beckett's political aesthetic sharpens into focus. Deep within form, Beckett models ominous historical developments as surely as he satirizes artistic and philosophical interpretations that overlook them. He burdens aesthetic production with guilt: imagination and language, theater and narrative, all parallel political techniques.
- Notes:
- This edition previously issued in print: 2018.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-255550-2
- 0-19-186587-7
- 0-19-255549-9
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