Beckett''s Political Imagination

Beckett's Political Imagination uncovers Beckett's lifelong engagement with political thought and political history.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. False starts: the 'material of experience' and the writing of history; 2. Another war entirely: internationalist politics and the labour of translation; 3. Aftermaths: the 'siege in the room' and the politics of testimony; 4. Turning points: torture, dissent and the Algerian War of Independence; Conclusion.

About the author

Emilie Morin is Senior Lecturer in the Department of English and Related Literature at the University of York. She works on modern literature, theatre history and forms of political writing. She has published widely on the work of Samuel Beckett, including a monograph entitled Samuel Beckett and the Problem of Irishness (2009), and has co-edited Theatre and Ghosts: Materiality, Performance and Modernity (2014), and Theatre and Human Rights after 1945: Things Unspeakable (2015).

Summary

Beckett's Political Imagination uncovers Beckett's lifelong engagement with political thought and political history, showing how this concern informed his work as fiction author, dramatist, critic and translator. This radically new account will appeal to students, researchers and Beckett lovers alike.

Product details

• Authors: Emilie Morin, Emilie (University of York) Morin, Morin Emilie
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2017
• EAN: 9781108417990
• ISBN: 978-1-108-41799-0
• No. of pages: 276
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Literary studies: plays and playwrights