Samuel Beckett and the Politics of Aftermath
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780198822547
Subjects: Beckett, samuel, 1906-1989; World war, 1939-1945, literature and the war; World war, 1939-1945, ireland; Fascism, europe; Ireland, in literature; Ireland, history; Europe, politics and government, 1918-1945
Description: This volume explores how Beckett's work responded to the Irish civil war and the crisis of commitment in 1930s Europe, as well as to the rise of fascism, and the atrocities of World War II.