Rabaté / Rabate Beckett and Sade

Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-1-108-80956-6
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

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Reihe: Elements in Beckett Studies

Much has been written on Beckett and Sade, yet nothing systematic has been produced. This Element is systematic by adopting a chronological order, which is necessary given the complexity of Beckett's varying assessments of Sade. Beckett mentioned Sade early in his career, with Proust as a first guide. His other sources were Guillaume Apollinaire and Mario Praz's book, La Carne, La morte e il Diavolo Nella Letteratura Romantica (1930), from which he took notes about sadism for his Dream Notebook. Dante's meditation on the absurdity of justice provides closure facing Beckett's wonder at the pervasive presence of sadism in humans.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rabaté, Jean-Michel

Rabate, Jean-Michel

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Dramen und Dramatiker
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Nachschlagewerke
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Prosa, Erzählung, Roman, Prosaautoren

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction. The Sade Boom; 1. The Guides: Apollinaire, Proust and Praz; 2. From Murphy to Watt: Knotting pathology and theology; 3. Sade's Unreason; 4. Comment Sade: the Sadean Pedagogy of Love in How It Is; 5. Sade's Dark Revolution; 6. Eternally Reversible Catastrophes; Conclusion: Play, Pleasure, and Jouissance.