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. . . Wynands leaves little doubt that Beckett, who once claimed to possess no religious feeling, is perhaps for that very reason a profound thinker of religion and the spiritual life a final paradox that should further inform and propel the endless investigation into the gift of Beckett s writing. Journal of Religion An insightful and significant book within both Beckett studies and critical theory more generally. Wynands is at her most interesting in her concrete and detailed accounts of the stage images of Beckett's last plays and, what is more, her full knowledge both of Beckett scholarship and critical theory enables her to surpass them both so as to produce a reading of Beckett which raises the possibility of a non-religious parallel to negative theology-a 'literary apophaticism.' Literature and Theology Wynands conceives of Beckett as a visual artist, even though he is a writer, and explains that paintings, not plays, were the source of Beckett's concept of what plays are . . . best suited to serious students of Beckett. Choice

. . . Wynands leaves little doubt that Beckett, who once claimed to possess no religious feeling, is perhaps for that very reason a profound thinker of religion and the spiritual life a final paradox that should further inform and propel the endless investigation into the gift of Beckett s writing. Journal of Religion

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Sandra Wynands is an instructor in the Department of English at Grant MacEwan College, Edmonton, Canada. She has published a number of articles and reviews on religion and literature.

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