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Into the Breach: Samuel Beckett and the Ends of Literature
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Full Title:
Into the Breach: Samuel Beckett and the Ends of Literature
Contributors:
By (Author) Thomas Trezise
Series:
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
23rd September 2014
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Tertiary Education
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Dewey:
848.91409
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
190
Dimensions:
Width 152mm, Height 229mm
Weight:
255g
Description
Arguing that Beckett's understanding of subjectivity cannot be reduced to that of phenomenology or existential humanism, Thomas Trezise offers a major reinterpretation of Beckett in light of Freud and such post-modernists as Bataille, Blanchot, and Derrida. Through extended comparisons of Beckett's trilogy of novels with the writings of these think
