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Samuel Beckett

by Pascale Casanova

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Offering an exploration of Samuel Beckett's work, this title argues that Beckett's reputation rests on a misreading of his oeuvre, which misses the literary revolution he instigated. It provides a portrait of Beckett as subversive, and also presents the key to some obscure aspects of Beckett's work.

Abstraction in literatureAvant-garde (Aesthetics)Criticism and interpretationRomance literatureEnglish literature, history and criticism, 20th centuryBeckett, samuel, 1906-1989English literature, history and criticism