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Beckett's art of mismaking /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: De la Durantaye, Leland
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2016.
Subjects:
Beckett, Samuel, > 1906-1989 > Criticism and interpretation.
Beckett, Samuel, > 1906-1989 > Technique.
Beckett, Samuel, > 1906-1989 > Literary style.
Errors and blunders, Literary.
Beckett, Samuel, > 1906-1989.
Style, Literary.
Technique.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The art of mismaking
  • First forms to accommodate the mess
  • The will to mismake, or fish and chips
  • Nature painting
  • The alibi of a foreign language
  • To hell with all this fucking scenery
  • No symbols where none intended
  • The psychopathology of character creation, or the series
  • Conclusion: Aesthetic pessimism.