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- God, The Quest, The Hero: Thematic Structures in Beckett's Fiction
- Book
- 2018
- Published by: The University of North Carolina Press
- Series: North Carolina Studies in the Romance Languages and Literatures
summary
In her exploration of the quest for God in Beckett's fiction, Barge discloses a powerful substratum of thematic and narrative movements underlying the rhetoric of Beckett's texts. By studying examples of myth-making structures in representative selections of the fiction, she reveals their profundity and centrality to the whole of Beckett's visionary thought and art. Selections range from Assumption to Company, with attention focused both on the texts and on the criticism concerning them.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright Page
- pp. 1-6
- Beckett, God, and Their Critics
- pp. 15-59
- Paradigms of Heroes and Quests
- pp. 60-75
- Blue Flowers and Belacqua's Girls
- pp. 76-106
- Watt, Knott, and a Pillow of Words
- pp. 107-167
- Malone Dies, a Story of Grave Play
- pp. 168-210
- How It Is with Journeys and Fish
- pp. 255-276
- Messy Memories and Abortive Art
- pp. 277-297
- Disappearing Company and a Missing Word
- pp. 298-315
- Conclusion
- pp. 316-332
- Classified Bibliographic Listing
- pp. 333-340
Additional Information
ISBN
9781469642796
Related ISBN(s)
9780807892350
MARC Record
OCLC
1080549034
Pages
352
Launched on MUSE
2019-01-02
Language
English
Open Access
No