Samuel Beckett in confinement : the politics of closed space / James Little.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Little, James, author.

Series:

Historicizing modernism

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989.

Imprisonment in literature.

Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xix, 235 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London, UK ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, 2020.

Summary:

"Confinement appears repeatedly in Samuel Beckett's oeuvre - from the asylums central to Murphy and Watt to the images of confinement that shape plays such as Waiting for Godot and Endgame . Drawing on spatial theory and new archival research, Beckett in Confinement explores these recurring concepts of closed space to cast new light on the ethical and political dimensions of Beckett's work. Covering the full range of Beckett's writing career, including two plays he completed for prisoners, Catastrophe and the unpublished 'Mongrel Mime', the book shows how this engagement with the ethics of representing prisons and asylums stands at the heart of Beckett's poetics."-- Provided by publisher.

Confinement appears repeatedly in Samuel Beckett's oeuvre - from the asylums central to Murphy and Watt to the images of confinement that shape plays such as Waiting for Godot and Endgame. Drawing on spatial theory and new archival research, Beckett in Confinement explores these recurring concepts of closed space to cast new light on the ethical and political dimensions of Beckett's work. Covering the full range of Beckett's writing career, including two plays he completed for prisoners, Catastrophe and the unpublished 'Mongrel Mime', the book shows how this engagement with the ethics of representing prisons and asylums stands at the heart of Beckett's poetics.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1350112321

9781350112322

OCLC:

1111648473