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- Title
Beckett beyond the Normal.
- Authors
McAllister, Jonathan
- Abstract
The volume suggests that such a humanism, what Kennedy terms, following Beckett, a "redemptive perversion" (2), riddles the field of Beckett studies. Unfortunately, a few essays display what could be considered a strained effort to pigeonhole Beckett into a politicohistorical discourse; such an approach, it may be argued, neglects to account for or explore the complex ambiguities of Beckett's political mode, identified by Adorno in the 1960s. Although Kennedy provides this suggestive discursive context against which to read Beckett's work, there is a significant lack of text from Beckett quoted to substantiate his argument.
- Subjects
BECKETT, Samuel, 1906-1989; TORTURE; GREAT Famine, Ireland, 1845-1852; NONFICTION writing; WORLD War II
- Publication
Theatre Survey, 2022, Vol 63, Issue 3, p290
- ISSN
0040-5574
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S0040557422000229