| Samuel Beckett and the Primacy of Love Contributor(s): Keller, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 0719063132 ISBN-13: 9780719063138 Publisher: Manchester University Press OUR PRICE: $29.70 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2003 Annotation: This study is about the central place of the emotional world in Beckett's writing. Stating that Beckett is "primarily about love," John Keller makes a radical re-assessment of his influence and immense popularity. The book examines numerous Beckettian texts, arguing that they embody a struggle to remain in contact with a primal sense of internal goodness, one founded on early experience with the mother. Writing itself becomes an internal dialogue, in which the reader is engaged, between a " narrative-self" and a mother. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | European - French - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 848.914 |
| LCCN: 2003277620 |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 5.5" W x 8.64" (0.66 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Cultural Region - French |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This study is about the central place of the emotional world in Beckett's writing. Stating that Beckett is "primarily about love," John Keller makes a radical re-assessment of his influence and immense popularity. The book examines numerous Beckettian texts, arguing that they embody a struggle to remain in contact with a primal sense of internal goodness, one founded on early experience with the mother. Writing itself becomes an internal dialogue, in which the reader is engaged, between a "narrative-self" and a mother. |
