Iconic Spaces
Subtitle: The Dark Theology of Samuel Beckett's Drama
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
Published: October 1, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780268044107
Subjects: Plays & playwrights: from c 1900 -; Religion & Beliefs; Theatre, drama; European - French; Regional, Ethnic, Genre, Specific Subject; Drama; Literary Criticism; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Spiritual life in literature; Theology in literature
Description: "Iconic Spaces looks at Samuel Beckett's mature theatrical work as a displaced theology of the icon. Sandra Wynands rejects conventional existentialist or nihilist interpretations of Beckett's work, arguing instead that beneath the text, in the depths of language and being, Beckett creates an absolutely irreducible, transcendent space. She traces a nondual model of perception and experience through a selection of Beckett's art - critical and dramatic works, focusing in particular on four minimalist plays: Catastrophe, Not I, Quad, and Film."--Jacket.