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Author:   R. Lane
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.399kg
ISBN:  

9780333918791

ISBN 10:   0333918797
Pages:   184
Publication Date:   17 December 2001
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Notes on the Contributors Introduction; R.Lane PART I: THEORIZING BECKETT AND PHILOSOPHY Beckett and Postfoundationalism: or, How Fundamental Are Those Fundamental Sounds; R.Begam Beckett in the Wilderness: Writing About (not) Writing About Beckett; R.Eaglestone PART II: BECKETT AND FRENCH THOUGHT Cinders: Derrida with Beckett; G.Banham The Role of the Dead Man in the Game of Writing: Beckett and Foucault; T.Hunkeler Deleuze Reading Beckett; M.Bryden Beckett and Badiou; A.Gibson The Body of Memory: Beckett and Merleau-Ponty; U.Maude PART III: BECKETT AND GERMAN THOUGHT Trying (Not) To Understand: Adorno and the Work of Beckett; D.Cunningham Philosophical Adjacency: Beckett's Prose via Jürgen Habermas; P.Tew Beckett and Heidegger: A Critical Survey; S.Barfield Beckett and Nietzsche: The Eternal Headache; R.Lane Index

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'A stimulating foray into European history of ideas in the 20th century, this title reveals, by yet another measure, Beckett's critically important place.' - J.Schlueter, Choice

Author Information

RICHARD J. LANE is Senior Lecturer in English at South Bank University and Director of the London Network for Modern Fiction Studies. He is the author of Jean Baudrillard and numerous journal articles.

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