Samuel Beckett's Signature in Years 1929-1938 - Reflecting on the Thought Process: Language, the Neutrum and Memory

The study offers new readings of early works, both novels and short stories, of Samuel Beckett in the context of Beckett's signature. The author analyses the given signature through such terms as language, the neutrum and memory, simultaneously incorporating the mentioned terms in the context of Beckett's early prose. The first part of the book is theoretical and concentrates on coining the term signature through different philosophical viewpoints (e.g., Lotman, Blanchot, Bergson), whereas the second part analyses Beckett's early works in the context of the signature (e.g., Proust, More Pricks Than Kicks, Murphy). The book also analyses a posthumously-published short story Echo's Bones that opens new interpretation paths for twenty-first century Beckettologists.

List of contents

The artistic Signature of Samuel Beckett. Neutrum, Language, Memory, Semiotics, Semiosphere, Pure Memory, Time, Neutral Space Modernism, Manuscript.

About the author

Rafä Borkowski holds a PhD in English Literature Studies from the University of Gdäsk (Poland). He has published articles on British and Irish literature. His interests pivot around early Samuel Beckett¿s works, semiotics and Scandinavian languages.

Product details

• Authors: Rafa¿ Borkowski, Rafal Borkowski
• Assisted by: Marek Wilczynski (Editor)
• Publisher: Peter Lang
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2022
• EAN: 9783631884843
• ISBN: 978-3-631-88484-3
• No. of pages: 204
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 225 mm x 210 mm
• Weight: 359 g
• Series: Transatlantic Studies in British and North American Culture
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies