Beckett and authority
Subtitle: the uses of cliché
By: Elizabeth Barry
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Basingstoke [England]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9780230008335
Subjects: Beckett, Samuel, -- 1906-1989 -- Criticism and interpretation; Beckett, Samuel, -- 1906-1989 -- Philosophy; Beckett, Samuel, -- 1906-1989 -- Literary style; Philosophy in literature; Authority in literature; Stupidity in literature; Discourse analysis, Literary
Notes: This work investigates the relationship between verbal cliché, memory and authority in Beckett's prose and theatre, and argues that by consciously manipulating the language of clichés, Beckett challenges intellectual, social and religious authority and argues for the creative value of stupidity, a key concept in the thinking of philosophers such as Wittgenstein and Deleuze

Includes bibliographical references (p. 218-227) and index