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Beckett's later dramatic works defy generic classification as pure theatre, poetry, or prose. Instead, Brater argues, they forge a new aesthetic for themselves. Analysing Beckett's use of disjointed body imagery; mask; abstract monologue; and the experimentation in film and video in the 1980s, Brater demonstrates Beckett's truly avant-garde departure from our concepts of the `theatrical'.

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`Brater cals his book Beyond Minimalism, but he might almost have called it Beyond Criticism, since it charts Beckett's movements beyond classificatory rubrics (the absurd, the nihilistic, the post-Joycean) into a region where all the rubrics come undone.'Michael Levinson, The New Republic `Brater's command of the primary and secondary Beckett material is everywhere present in this gracefully written, solidly researched, perceptive, often penetrating work, which not only succeeds in illuminating the same but less but moves the study of Beckett's plays beyond minimalism.'Choice

Brater's is the first full-length study of Beckett's later dramatic works, and it is likely to remain the best....All told, Beyond Minimalism is thorough and lucid, an important contribution to Beckett scholarship. --Virginia Quarterly Review Brater's command of the primary and secondary Beckett material is everywhere present in this gracefully written, solidly researched, perceptive, often penetrating work, which not only succeeds in illuminating 'the same but less' but moves the study of Beckett's plays beyond minimalism. The book contains excellent notes and a suggestive bibliography. --Choice The book's success is profound. It pays stunning tribute to one considered by many to be the world's greatest living playwright by situating the dramatist's achievements in a fusion of fictional time with the temporality of the theatrical experience. --Theatre Journal Will be indispensable to Beckett scholars....Not only does Professor Brater offer a detailed reading of each late drama, but he shows how Beckett builds new works on what he has already achieved. --Ruby Cohn, University of California, Davis Brater's is the first full-length study of Beckett's later dramatic works, and it is likely to remain the best....All told, Beyond Minimalism is thorough and lucid, an important contribution to Beckett scholarship. --Virginia Quarterly Review Brater's command of the primary and secondary Beckett material is everywhere present in this gracefully written, solidly researched, perceptive, often penetrating work, which not only succeeds in illuminating 'the same but less' but moves the study of Beckett's plays beyond minimalism. The book contains excellent notes and a suggestive bibliography. --Choice The book's success is profound. It pays stunning tribute to one considered by many to be the world's greatest living playwright by situating the dramatist's achievements in a fusion of fictional time with the temporality of the theatrical experience. --Theatre Journal Will be indispensable to Beckett scholars....Not only does Professor Brater offer a detailed reading of each late drama, but he shows how Beckett builds new works on what he has already achieved. --Ruby Cohn, University of California, Davis

<br> Brater's is the first full-length study of Beckett's later dramatic works, and it is likely to remain the best....All told, Beyond Minimalism is thorough and lucid, an important contribution to Beckett scholarship. --Virginia Quarterly Review<p><br> Brater's command of the primary and secondary Beckett material is everywhere present in this gracefully written, solidly researched, perceptive, often penetrating work, which not only succeeds in illuminating 'the same but less' but moves the study of Beckett's plays beyond minimalism. The book contains excellent notes and a suggestive bibliography. --Choice<p><br> The book's success is profound. It pays stunning tribute to one considered by many to be the world's greatest living playwright by situating the dramatist's achievements in a fusion of fictional time with the temporality of the theatrical experience. --Theatre Journal<p><br> Will be indispensable to Beckett scholars....Not only does Professor Brater offer a detailed reading of each late drama, but he shows how Beckett builds new works on what he has already achieved. --Ruby Cohn, University of California, Davis<p><br>

Brater's is the first full-length study of Beckett's later dramatic works, and it is likely to remain the best....All told, Beyond Minimalism is thorough and lucid, an important contribution to Beckett scholarship. --Virginia Quarterly Review<br> Brater's command of the primary and secondary Beckett material is everywhere present in this gracefully written, solidly researched, perceptive, often penetrating work, which not only succeeds in illuminating 'the same but less' but moves the study of Beckett's plays beyond minimalism. The book contains excellent notes and a suggestive bibliography. --Choice<br> The book's success is profound. It pays stunning tribute to one considered by many to be the world's greatest living playwright by situating the dramatist's achievements in a fusion of fictional time with the temporality of the theatrical experience. --Theatre Journal<br> Will be indispensable to Beckett scholars....Not only does Professor Brater offer a detailed reading of each late drama, but he shows how Beckett builds new works on what he has already achieved. --Ruby Cohn, University of California, Davis<br>

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