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"There is...a strong ethical dimension to De Villiers's argument, which hinges on humility's status as a form of self-sacrifice or self-lowering.... De Villiers's argument on ethics is deeply persuasive, all the more so because it includes a strong concern with aesthetics. The problem for the writer who writes about humility is that it is not a final state, a destination at which an individual may arrive.De Villiers's study is deeply impressive. It is highly original and erudite, yet engaging and, yes, humble. The monograph appears in the Other Becketts series, which seeks ""to think differently [...] about Beckett's work, to question, that is, even the questions we ask about it"" (vi). In my view, it does all this and then a whole lot more.--Prof. Mike Marais, Rhodes University ""Journal of Literary Studies, 38.2"" This is an exemplary work in the singular clarity of its argument, and the marshalling of its considerable primary and secondary resources.--Prof. John Higgins ""Honorable Mention, ASSAF Humanities book prize"" Can a discourse highlighting the low and the humble accommodate kudos and praise? Happily, such transcendental reserve does not apply to a reviewer. Therefore, I claim loudly, boldly, and proudly, with as much emphasis as I can muster, that here is an innovative and groundbreaking book. I also add that Eliot and Beckett's Low Modernism does not limit its intervention to the two authors examined, but proposes a rethinking and reframing of the entire field of modernism. [...] ...Eliot and Beckett's Low Modernism proves to be one of the most exciting and rewarding books on modernism I have read in a long time.--Jean-Michel Rabat� ""Journal of Modern Literature"" What a mighty monograph on modernist humility this is! In this extensively-researched and clearly-written study, Rick de Villiers examines at the undersides of modernism to fruitfully reveal tropes of weakness, debasement, lowliness and Christian-cum-humanistic meekness. Eliot and Beckett's Low Modernism is a rare work of interpretative innovation and textual close reading that must not be missed by specialists on Beckett and Eliot, and will be rewarding for all those interested in new approaches to modernism.--Matthew Feldman, University of York"

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Rick de Villiers, Lecturer in English at the University of the Free State, South Africa, University of the Free State.

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