Beckett''s Art of Salvage - Writing and Material Imagination, 19321987

Informationen zum Autor 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 worn materials to chart the passage of time on a personal scale in contemporary literature and visual art. Klappentext The first book to map Samuel Beckett's material imagination, presenting a fresh understanding of his fiction, drama, poetry and film. Zusammenfassung Offering an innovative new reading of this major modern author! and examining the material imagination at play in Beckett's fiction! poetry! film and drama over fifty years! this volume will appeal to all students of Beckett! as well as to scholars of European and Irish theatre! literature or aesthetics. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Relics; 2. Heirlooms; 3. Props; 4. Treasure; Conclusion: Beckett's art of salvage.

Product details

• Authors: Julie Bates, Julie (Trinity College Bates, Juliet Bates
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2017
• EAN: 9781107167049
• ISBN: 978-1-107-16704-9
• No. of pages: 248
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; 20th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Ireland, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Literature: history & criticism, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary theory, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Literature: history and criticism, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form