Beckett and Phenomenology

Book Overview

Existentialism and poststructuralism have provided the two main theoretical approaches to Samuel Beckett's work. These influential philosophical movements, however, owe a great debt to the phenomenological tradition. This volume, with contributions by major international scholars, examines the phenomenal in Beckett's literary worlds, comparing and contrasting his writing with key figures including Edmund Husserl, Martin Heidegger, Jean-Paul Sartre...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1441123172
• ISBN13: 9781441123176
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Continuum
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"