Samuel Beckett and Catastrophe
Tajiri, Yoshiki
Samuel Beckett and Catastrophe - Springer Nature 2023 - 1 online resource (221 p.)
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Samuel Beckett and Catastrophe is a groundbreaking collection of original essays that explore the relation between Samuel Beckett and catastrophe in terms of war, the Holocaust, nuclear disasters and ecological crisis. Responding to the post-catastrophic situations in the twentieth century, Beckett created characters who often seem to have been through an unknown catastrophe. Although the importance of catastrophe in Beckett has been noted sporadically, there has been no substantial attempt to discuss his aesthetics and work in relation to it. This collection will therefore serve as the first sustained study to explore the theme of catastrophe in Beckett and will be a highly significant contribution to Beckett studies. Chapter "Slow Violence and Slow Going: Encountering Beckett in the Time of Climate Catastrophe" is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.
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9783031083679 9783031083686 9783031083709
10.1007/978-3-031-08368-6 doi
Biography, Literature and Literary studies
Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000
Literary studies: general
Literature: history and criticism
anthropocene Beckett Catastrophe catastrophes in history cold war ecological crisis endgame fascism holocaust nuclear disaster philosophy psychoanalysis twentieth century literature war worl war II
Samuel Beckett and Catastrophe - Springer Nature 2023 - 1 online resource (221 p.)
Free-to-read
Samuel Beckett and Catastrophe is a groundbreaking collection of original essays that explore the relation between Samuel Beckett and catastrophe in terms of war, the Holocaust, nuclear disasters and ecological crisis. Responding to the post-catastrophic situations in the twentieth century, Beckett created characters who often seem to have been through an unknown catastrophe. Although the importance of catastrophe in Beckett has been noted sporadically, there has been no substantial attempt to discuss his aesthetics and work in relation to it. This collection will therefore serve as the first sustained study to explore the theme of catastrophe in Beckett and will be a highly significant contribution to Beckett studies. Chapter "Slow Violence and Slow Going: Encountering Beckett in the Time of Climate Catastrophe" is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.
Open licence
eng
9783031083679 9783031083686 9783031083709
10.1007/978-3-031-08368-6 doi
Biography, Literature and Literary studies
Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000
Literary studies: general
Literature: history and criticism
anthropocene Beckett Catastrophe catastrophes in history cold war ecological crisis endgame fascism holocaust nuclear disaster philosophy psychoanalysis twentieth century literature war worl war II
