Samuel Beckett and the Primacy of Love (Paperback)

This study is about the central place of the emotional world in Beckett's writing. Stating that Beckett is "primarily about love," John Keller makes a radical re-assessment of his influence and immense popularity. The book examines numerous Beckettian texts, arguing that they embody a struggle to remain in contact with a primal sense of internal goodness, one founded on early experience with the mother. Writing itself becomes an internal dialogue, in which the reader is engaged, between a "narrative-self" and a mother.

General

Imprint:	Manchester University Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	December 2002
First published:	March 2003
Authors:	John Keller
Dimensions:	219 x 139 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	272
ISBN-13:	978-0-7190-6313-8
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Plays & playwrights > From 1900 Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Novels, other prose & writers > From 1900 Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Philosophy & theory of psychology > Psychoanalysis & psychoanalytical theory
LSN:	0-7190-6313-2
Barcode:	9780719063138

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