Engagement and indifference
Subtitle: Beckett and the political
By: edited by Henry Sussman and Christopher Devenney.
Contributors: Sussman, Henry.; Devenney, Christopher, 1961-
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 176
Subjects: Beckett, Samuel, 1906- -- Political and social views -- Congresses.; Politics and literature -- Ireland -- History -- 20th century -- Congresses.; Politics and literature -- France -- History -- 20th century -- Congresses.; Politics  in literature -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Description: "In this book, creative writers and critical theorists consider the work of Samuel Beckett from theoretical, postmodern, aesthetic, poetic, and feminist perspectives. Collectively, they search for the hidden political and ethical dimensions of Beckett, an author who might otherwise be considered indifferent to such considerations. Their combined inquiry offers an ethical and political inquest into the entire enterprise of radical experimentalism in twentieth-century literature and culture."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Based on a conference held in 1993 at SUNY/Buffalo.