On Beckett
β Scribed by Alain Badiou
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 98
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
This collection of Alain Badiou's essays on Samuel Beckett is a deliberate intellectual challenge to conventional Beckett scholarship. These essays trace the development of Beckett's art-from his first works through the claustrophobic world of The Unnameable to a final engagement with questions of Other and Love. Badiou rejects the stereotypical view of Beckett as the dark existentialist; rather, he claims that the lesson of Beckett is one of moderation, precision, and courage.
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