| Beckett and Phenomenology Contributor(s): Maude, Ulrika (Editor), Feldman, Matthew (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0826497144 ISBN-13: 9780826497147 Publisher: Continuum OUR PRICE: $198.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2009 Annotation: A collection of research by leading international scholars on Beckett and phenomenology - both comparing and contrasting his work with key figures in phenomenology and analysing phenomenological themes and their dramatization in Beckett's work. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Philosophy |
| Dewey: 848.914 |
| Series: Continuum Literary Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.3" W x 9.3" (1.05 lbs) 226 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Cultural Region - French |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Existentialism and poststructuralism have provided the two main theoretical approaches to Samuel Beckett's work. These influential philosophical movements, however, owe a great debt to the phenomenological tradition. This volume, with contributions by major international scholars, examines the phenomenal in Beckett's literary worlds, comparing and contrasting his writing with key figures including Edmund Husserl, Martin Heidegger, Jean-Paul Sartre and Maurice Merleau-Ponty. It advances an analysis of hitherto unexplored phenomenological themes, such as nausea, immaturity and sleep, in Beckett's work. Through an exploration of specific thinkers and Beckett's own artistic method, it offers the first sustained and comprehensive account of Beckettian phenomenology.Existentialism and poststructuralism have provided the two main theoretical approaches to Samuel Beckett's work. These influential philosophical movements, however, owe a great debt to the phenomenological tradition. This volume, with contributions by major international scholars, examines the phenomenal in Beckett's literary worlds, comparing and contrasting his writing with key figures including Edmund Husserl, Martin Heidegger, Jean-Paul Sartre and Maurice Merleau-Ponty. It advances an analysis of hitherto unexplored phenomenological themes, such as nausea, immaturity and sleep, in Beckett's work. Through an exploration of specific thinkers and Beckett's own artistic method, it offers the first sustained and comprehensive account of Beckettian phenomenology. |
Contributor Bio(s): Feldman, Matthew: - Matthew Feldman is Professor in the History of Modern Ideas at Teesside University, UK, and co-director of the Centre for Fascist, Anti-fascist and Post-fascist Studies. |