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Beckett´s Art of Salvage: Writing and Material Imagination, 1932-1987
Juliet Bates
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Description for Beckett´s Art of Salvage: Writing and Material Imagination, 1932-1987
hardcover. The first book to map Samuel Beckett's material imagination, presenting a fresh understanding of his fiction, drama, poetry and film. Num Pages: 220 pages, 10 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152. .
This innovative exploration of the recurring use of particular objects in Samuel Beckett's work is the first study of the material imagination of any single modern author. Across five decades of aesthetic and formal experimentation in fiction, drama, poetry and film, Beckett made substantial use of only fourteen objects - well-worn not only where they appear within his works but also in terms of their recurrence throughout his creative corpus. In this volume, Bates offers a striking reappraisal of Beckett's writing, with a focus on the changing functions and impact of this set of objects, and charts, chronologically and across ... Read more
This innovative exploration of the recurring use of particular objects in Samuel Beckett's work is the first study of the material imagination of any single modern author. Across five decades of aesthetic and formal experimentation in fiction, drama, poetry and film, Beckett made substantial use of only fourteen objects - well-worn not only where they appear within his works but also in terms of their recurrence throughout his creative corpus. In this volume, Bates offers a striking reappraisal of Beckett's writing, with a focus on the changing functions and impact of this set of objects, and charts, chronologically and across ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107167049
SKU
V9781107167049
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Ref
99-18
About Juliet Bates
Julie Bates is an Assistant Professor in the School of English at Trinity College, Dublin. Her research focuses on modern and contemporary literature and visual art, with a particular interest in experimental forms and material culture. She is a contributor to the Oxford Handbook of Modern Irish Theatre (2016). Her current research project, 'Pockets of Time', explores the use of ... Read more
Reviews for Beckett´s Art of Salvage: Writing and Material Imagination, 1932-1987
'... Beckett's art of salvaging, an art which Bates makes a compelling case for as crucial to his creative imagination, in her thorough, nuanced and highly readable monograph.' Liam Harrison, Dublin Review of Books '... Beckett's art of salvaging, an art which Bates makes a compelling case for as crucial to his creative imagination, in her thorough, nuanced and highly ... Read more