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Beckett Beyond the Normal - Hardcover

Sean Kennedy

 
9781474460460: Beckett Beyond the Normal
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1474460461 ISBN 13: 9781474460460
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press, 2020

Synopsis

Explores Beckett's artistic vision at the intersection of queer, disability and posthumanist studies The first volume to address norms and normalcy as an enduring target of Beckettian skepticism Shifts the emphasis from generic talk of 'Other Becketts' to specific accounts of the queer, the disabling, the abnormalising aspects of the mature works Absorbs and transcends the philosophy/history binary that has shaped the last twenty years Brings Beckett Studies into the twenty-first century as the first intersectional volume to address queerness, disability and biopolitics together This book examines why Beckett's writing is so queer, so disabled and disabling. Why did Beckett write so often about mental illness, disability, perversion? Why did he take such an interest in 'abnormals' and 'degenerates'? How did he reconceive 'the human' in the wake of Hitler and Stalin? Drawing on Beckett's voluminous archive, as well as his primary texts, the authors use psychoanalysis, queer theory, disability theory and biopolitics to push Beckett studies beyond the normal.

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About the Author

Seán Kennedy is Professor of English with a specialisation in modern Irish literature and culture. He has published widely on the work of Samuel Beckett in Irish contexts, including Mercier and Camier by Samuel Beckett, edited with a preface (Faber and Faber, 2010), Beckett and Ireland (Cambridge University Press, 2010) and Samuel Beckett: History, Memory, Archive, with Katherine Weiss (Palgrave, 2009). He is the founder of the binennial Queering Ireland conference organisation (2009-present), and is interested in psychoanalysis, queer studies and feminisms.

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Explores Beckett's artistic vision at the intersection of queer, disability and posthumanist studies This book examines why Beckett's writing is so queer, so disabled and disabling. Why did Beckett write so often about mental illness, disability, perversion? Why did he take such an interest in 'abnormals' and 'degenerates'? How did he reconceive 'the human' in the wake of Hitler and Stalin? Drawing on Beckett's voluminous archive, as well as his primary texts, the authors use psychoanalysis, queer theory, disability theory and biopolitics to push Beckett studies beyond the normal. Seán Kennedy is Professor of English and Coordinator of Irish Studies at Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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Explores Beckett s artistic vision at the intersection of queer, disability and posthumanist studiesThis book examines why Beckett s writing is so queer, so disabled and disabling. Why did Beckett write so often about mental illness, disability, perversion? Why did he take such an interest in abnormals and degenerates ? How did he reconceive the human in the wake of Hitler and Stalin? Drawing on Beckett s voluminous archive, as well as his primary texts, the authors use psychoanalysis, queer theory, disability theory and biopolitics to push Beckett studies beyond the normal.Seán Kennedy is Professor of English and Coordinator of Irish Studies at Saint Mary s University, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Publication date
2020
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1474460461
ISBN 13 
9781474460460
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
168
Editor
Sean Kennedy