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Elizabeth Barry - Beckett and Authority: The Uses of Cliché - 9780230008335 - V9780230008335
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Beckett and Authority: The Uses of Cliché

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Description for Beckett and Authority: The Uses of Cliché Hardcover. 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 cliche, revealing the strategies he used to challenge intellectual and social authority in his works. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DD; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
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.

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230008335
SKU
V9780230008335
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15

About Elizabeth Barry
ELIZABETH BARRY is a Lecturer in English at the University of Warwick, UK.

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