Samuel Beckett and testimony

Samuel Beckett and testimony

Jones, David Houston

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This is the first sustained study of Samuel Beckett and testimony. It offers new readings of the problem of unspeakability in Beckett in relation to testimonial expression and the problems of knowledge which arise in recent theoretical conceptions of testimony and the archive. DAVID HOUSTON JONES Senior Lecturer in French at the University of Exeter,UK. His publications include 'The Body Abject: Self and Text in Jean Genet and Samuel Beckett' (2000), 'Jean Genet, 'Journal du voleur'' (2004) and a critical edition of François Tanazacq's 'La Suprême Abjection de la Passion du Christ' (2001). INDICE: List of Illustrations - Acknowledgements - Introduction - Siting Testimony - Testimony and the Voice of Species - Iconophilia - Archiving Beckett - Information and the Inhuman - Conclusion: Beyond the archive? - Index

  • ISBN: 978-0-230-27576-8
  • Editorial: Palgrave MacM
  • Encuadernacion: Cartoné
  • Páginas: 216
  • Fecha Publicación: 01/02/2011
  • Nº Volúmenes: 1
  • Idioma: Desconocido