For a long time, analysis of the work of Samuel Beckett has been dominated by existentialist and post-structuralist interpretations. This new volume instead raises the question of how to understand Beckett via the dialectics underpinning his work. The different chapters explore how Beckett exposes a
Beckett and Dialectics: Be it Something or Nothing
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- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Academic
- Year
- 2021
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 209
- Category
- Library
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