Samuel Beckett and the Prosthetic Body
Subtitle: The Organs and Senses in Modernism
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: January 23, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780230008175
Subjects: Literary studies: from c 1900 -; Novels, other prose & writers: from c 1900 -; Performing Arts; Literature - Classics / Criticism; English; Performing Arts/Dance; European - French; Theater - History & Criticism; Performing Arts / Theater / History & Criticism; Body, Human, in literature; Senses and sensation in literature; Technology in literature
Description: "Samuel Beckett and the Prosthetic Body is a study of the representation of the body in Samuel Beckett's work (both novels and plays), specifically focusing on the 'prosthetic' aspects of the organs and senses. Referring to the indeterminate border between the body and material objects, inside and outside, self and other, the concept of prosthesis is gaining weight in contemporary critical discourses. While making use of the theoretical potential of this concept, Tajiri attempts to highlight palpably physical aspects of the Beckettian body."--Jacket.