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Beckett and Authority: The Uses of Cliché

Beckett and Authority: The Uses of Cliché

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Literary Criticism

ISBN10: 1349283975
ISBN13: 9781349283972
Publisher: Palgrave
Published: Jan 1 2006
Pages: 232
Weight: 0.69
Height: 0.55 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
This new book situates Beckett in a philosophical and literary tradition that has argued for the creative value of stupidity, a key concept in the thinking of philosophers such as Wittgenstein. It investigates the relationship between verbal cliché, revealing the strategies he used to challenge intellectual and social authority in his works.

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