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Beckett's Eighteenth Century
F. Smith
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Description for Beckett's Eighteenth Century
Paperback. "Beckett's Eighteenth Century" adds substantially to our knowledge of Beckett's studies at Trinity College Dublin while at the same time it demonstrates how he reinterprets the earlier century for us. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 305.
Beckett's Eighteenth Century is the first book-length study of Samuel Beckett's affinity with the British eighteenth century and of the influence of its writers on his work. Reading Swift, Pope, Defoe, Fielding, Sterne, Johnson, Gray, and other writers of this period, this study demonstrates how he was not only influenced by them but interprets them for us in a quite modern way. Beckett's uniqueness is not questioned here, but this uniqueness is shown, paradoxically, to have its roots at least in part in his native literature of two centuries ago.
Beckett's Eighteenth Century is the first book-length study of Samuel Beckett's affinity with the British eighteenth century and of the influence of its writers on his work. Reading Swift, Pope, Defoe, Fielding, Sterne, Johnson, Gray, and other writers of this period, this study demonstrates how he was not only influenced by them but interprets them for us in a quite modern way. Beckett's uniqueness is not questioned here, but this uniqueness is shown, paradoxically, to have its roots at least in part in his native literature of two centuries ago.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
229
Condition
New
Number of Pages
219
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349425228
SKU
V9781349425228
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99-15
About F. Smith
FREDERIK SMITH is Professor of English at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
Reviews for Beckett's Eighteenth Century
'...a convincing and detailed study...Stimulating, meticulously researched, Beckett's Eighteenth Century is the first book-length study of Beckett's involvement with eighteenth-century literature and argues convincingly that part of his originality is derived precisely from his study of these writers.' - Times Literary Supplement