20th century literary criticism
20th century novel
20th century playwrights
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absurdist theatre
anti-theological themes
Author_Francis Doherty
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existential philosophy
existential suffering in fiction
literary form analysis
modernist literature
narrative compression
religious philosophy
Product details
- ISBN 9781041011668
- Weight: 450g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 01 Apr 2025
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Originally published in 1971, this book elucidates Beckett’s work in the light of his concern with literary form. This is seen as an increasingly compressed and dense medium for the purer and purer statement of his view of man’s existence, and Beckett’s Man is seen as the medium for the articulation of a view of the world which is both comically cruel and anti-theological, but not atheist. The book discusses his work as a novelist and playwright – his best-known play, Waiting for Godot, being seen in the context of his many other important plays, and more than twenty years of previous writing.
