Samuel Beckett and the Politics of Aftermath

by James McNaughton

Samuel Beckett and the Politics of Aftermath explores Beckett's literary responses to the political maelstroms of his formative and middle years: the Irish civil war and the crisis of commitment in 1930s Europe, the rise of fascism and the atrocities of World War II. Archive yields a Beckett who monitored propaganda in speeches and newspapers, and whose creative work engages with specific political strategies, rhetoric, and events. Finally, Beckett's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198822545
• ISBN13: 9780198822547
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.3"