Beckett's masculinity
By: Jennifer M. Jeffers.
Series: New interpretations of Beckett in the 21st century
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 203
ISBN-13: 9780230615281
Subjects: Beckett, Samuel, -- 1906-1989 -- Criticism and interpretation; Beckett, Samuel, -- 1906-1989 -- Psychology; Masculinity in literature; Identity (Psychology) in literature; Literature and society -- Ireland -- History -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Traumatized masculinity and Beckett's return; title: The masculine protest : Murphy and Watt; title: Return in the postwar fiction; title: Embodying lost masculinity in Waiting for Godot and Endgame; title: Rewinding Krapp's last tape : the return of Anglo-Irish masculinity; title: The not I of gender identity in the women-centered plays; title: "The churn of stale words in the heart again" : Beckett's final return.