Beckett and phenomenology
By: edited by Ulrika Maude and Matthew Feldman.
Contributors: Maude, Ulrika.; Feldman, Matthew.
Series: Continuum literary studies series; Continuum literary studies
Publisher: Continuum
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9780826497147
Subjects: Beckett, Samuel, -- 1906-1989 -- Criticism and interpretation; Phenomenology and literature; Phenomenology in literature
Description: "Existentialism and poststructuralism have provided the two main theoretical approaches to Samuel Beckett's work. These influential philosophical movements, however, owe a great debt to the phenomenological tradition. This volume, with contributions by major international scholars, examines the phenomenal in Beckett's literary worlds, comparing and contrasting his writing with key figures including Edmund Husserl, Martin Heidegger, Jean-Paul Sartre and Maurice Merleau-Ponty. It advances an analysis of hitherto unexplored phenomenological themes, such as nausea, immaturity and sleep, in Beckett's work. Through an exploration of specific thinkers and Beckett's own artistic method, it offers the first sustained and comprehensive account of Beckettian phenomenology."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.