Beckett and Authority: The Uses of Cliché

By Elizabeth Barry

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 clich , revealing the strategies he used to challenge intellectual and social authority in his works.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 023000833X
• ISBN13: 9780230008335
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.5" x 8.8"