God, The Quest, The Hero Thematic Structures in Beckett's Fiction / by Laura Barge.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barge, Laura Inez Deavenport.

Series:

North Carolina studies in the Romance languages and literatures ; Number 230.

North Carolina Studies in the Romance Languages and Literatures ; Number 230

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989--Fictional works.

God in literature.

Fiction--Technique.

Fiction.

Heroes in literature.

Quests (Expeditions) in literature.

Religious fiction--History and criticism.

Religious fiction.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (353 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2019

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : Distributed by University of North Carolina Press, 1988.

Summary:

In her exploration of the quest for God in Beckett's fiction, Barge discloses a powerful substratum of thematic and narrative movements underlying the rhetoric of Beckett's texts.

Contents:

Cover

GOD, THE QUEST, THE HERO: THEMATIC STRUCTURES IN BECKETT'S FICTION

Title

Copyright

CONTENTS

FOREWORD

BECKETT, GOD, AND THEIR CRITICS

PARADIGMS OF HEROES AND QUESTS

BLUE FLOWERS AND BELACQUA'S GIRLS

Assumption

More Pricks than Kicks

WATT, KNOTT, AND A PILLOW OF WORDS

MALONE DIES, A STORY OF GRAVE PLAY

A TRILOGY OF SELVES, AND LARGE HOLLOW SPHERES

HOW IT IS WITH JOURNEYS AND FISH

MESSY MEMORIES AND ABORTIVE ART

Still, Sounds, and Still three

As the Story Was Told

La Falaise

DISAPPEARING COMPANY AND A MISSING WORD

CONCLUSION

CLASSIFIED BIBLIOGRAPHIC LISTING

INDEX

Back Cover.

Notes:

Includes indexes.

Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Alabama, 1985.

Bibliography: p. [333]-340.

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ISBN:

1-4696-4279-4

OCLC:

1080549034