Beckett and Authority

The Uses of Cliché
2006. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-1-349-28397-2
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 232 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 313 g

This new book situates Beckett in a philosophical and literary tradition that has argued for the creative value of stupidity, a key concept in the thinking of philosophers such as Wittgenstein. It investigates the relationship between verbal cliché, revealing the strategies he used to challenge intellectual and social authority in his works.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Barry, Elizabeth

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction Cliché, Consensus and Realism Cliché and Memory Cliche, Autobiography and Epitaph Cliché and the Language of Religion Beyond Cliché: Authority, Agency and the Fall of Rhetoric Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

ELIZABETH BARRY is a Lecturer in English at the University of Warwick, UK.