| Description |
1 online resource (x, 194 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction: the art of mismaking -- First forms to accommodate the mess -- The will to mismake, or fish and chips -- Nature painting -- The alibi of a foreign language -- To hell with all this fucking scenery -- No symbols where none intended -- The psychopathology of character creation, or the series -- Conclusion: Aesthetic pessimism |
| Summary |
Leland de la Durantaye helps us understand Beckett's strangeness and notorious difficulty by arguing that Beckett's lifelong campaign was to mismake on purpose--not to denigrate himself, or his audience, or reconnect with the child or savage within, but because he believed that such mismaking is in the interest of art and will shape its future |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989 -- Technique
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Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989 -- Literary style
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| SUBJECT |
Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989 fast |
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Errors and blunders, Literary.
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DRAMA -- Continental European.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- General.
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Errors and blunders, Literary
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Literary style
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Technique
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780674495838 |
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0674495837 |
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