Samuel Beckett and the Theatre of the Witness: Pain in Post-War Francophone Drama

by Hannah Simpson

Book Overview

Samuel Beckett and the Theatre of the Witness explores Beckett's representation of physical pain in his theatre plays in the long aftermath of World War II, emphasising how the issues raised by this staging of pain speak directly to matters lying at the heart of his work: the affective power of the human body; the doubtful capacity of language as a means of communication; the aesthetic and ethical functioning of the theatre medium; and the vexed question...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192863266
• ISBN13: 9780192863263
• Release Date: October 2022
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 202 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.5" x 9.3"