A Taste for the Negative : Beckett and Nihilism
by
Shane Weller
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1904713084
ISBN-13
9781904713081
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint
Legenda
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Dec 1st, 2004
Print length
224 Pages
Weight
294 grams
Dimensions
21.60 x 13.90 x 1.80 cms
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This study examines the relationship between Samuel Beckett and nihilism.
Since the mid-1950s, when the works of Samuel Beckett began to attract sustained critical attention, commentators have tended either to dismiss his oeuvre as nihilist or defend it as anti-nihilist. On the one side are figures such as Georg Lukacs; on the other, some of the most influential philosophers and literary theorists of the post-war era, from Theodor Adorno to Alain Badiou. Taking as his point of departure Nietzsche''s description of nihilism as the ''uncanniest of all guests'', Weller calls this critical tradition into question, arguing that the relationship between Beckett''s texts and nihilism is one that will always be missed by those who are simply for or against Beckett.
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