Beckett Beyond the Normal - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 147446047X ISBN 13 : 9781474460477

Editeur : Edinburgh University Press, 2022

Synopsis

Explores Beckett's artistic vision at the intersection of queer, disability and posthumanist studies
The first volume to address norms and normalcy as an enduring target of Beckettian skepticismShifts the emphasis from generic talk of 'Other Becketts' to specific accounts of the queer, the disabling, the abnormalising aspects of the mature worksAbsorbs and transcends the philosophy/history binary that has shaped the last twenty yearsBrings Beckett Studies into the twenty-first century as the first intersectional volume to address queerness, disability and biopolitics together
This book examines why Beckett's writing is so queer, so disabled and disabling. Why did Beckett write so often about mental illness, disability, perversion? Why did he take such an interest in 'abnormals' and 'degenerates'? How did he reconceive 'the human' in the wake of Hitler and Stalin? Drawing on Beckett's voluminous archive, as well as his primary texts, the authors use psychoanalysis, queer theory, disability theory and biopolitics to push Beckett studies beyond the normal.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Seán Kennedy is Coordinator of Irish Studies at Saint Mary's University, Halifax.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Edinburgh University Press
• Date d'édition: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 147446047X
• ISBN 13: 9781474460477
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 168
• Éditeur: Kennedy Seán
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