| Beckett and French Theory: The Narration of Transgression Contributor(s): Alvarez-Detrell, Tamara (Editor), Paulson, Michael G. (Editor), Migernier, Eric (Author) |
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ISBN: 0820486493 ISBN-13: 9780820486499 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $100.04 Product Type: Hardcover Published: August 2006 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | European - French - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 848.914 |
| LCCN: 2006019384 |
| Series: Francophone Cultures and Literatures |
| Physical Information: 146 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Cultural Region - French |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Samuel Beckett's works have spawned a great variety of critical - sometimes contradictory - interpretations, most recently ones stemming from postmodern theories of literature. In keeping with this trend, this book probes the relationship between Beckett's fiction and the work of a number of contemporary French thinkers, such as Maurice Blanchot and Gilles Deleuze, which demonstrates how concepts such as the thought of the outside and the simulacrum also generate Beckett's transgressive narrative. Beckett and French Theory provides valuable new knowledge and understanding to teachers and students of both Beckett's fiction and recent French critical theory. |