Impotence and Making in Samuel Beckett's Trilogy is situated at the intersection of the aesthetic, socio-political and theoretical construction of being and not-being; it is about making the self, making others, and making words, set against being unable to make the self, others and words. Concentrating on Samuel Beckett's prose works, though also focusing on some of his dramatic works, the book aims to problematize the categories of 'impotence' and 'making' by showing Beckett's quasi-deconstructive treatment of them as seen through his narrators' images of being unable to make self, other creatures and words (impotence), along with his narrators' images of making self, other creatures and words (making). By demonstrating that his narrators, while being impotent, nevertheless gestate and produce new entities from their bodies in the same way as a mother does a child, the book aims to reveal how, for Beckett's narrators, creativity in its widest sense is envisaged.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Brill
ISBN-13
9789042029736
eBay Product ID (ePID)
93223262
Product Key Features
Book Title
Impotence and Making in Samuel Beckett's Trilogy - Molloy, Malone Dies and The Unnamable - and How It Is
Author
Joanne Shaw
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Literature
Publication Year
2010
Number of Pages
200 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
235mm
Item Width
155mm
Volume
344
Item Weight
319g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Joanne Shaw
Series Title
Faux Titre
Country/Region of Manufacture
Netherlands
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