Beckett through Kant: a critique of metaphysical readings

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Beckett through Kant: a critique of metaphysical readings

This thesis calls upon ideas from Immanuel Kant's Critique of Pure Reason to disrupt readings of the plays and prose of Samuel Beckett predicated upon metaphysical presuppositions. The Introduction focuses upon such presuppositions in the criticism of Martin Esslin. In Chapter one, substantial...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Wilson, Susan
Format:	Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:	English English
Published:	1998
Subjects:	samuel beckett kant metaphysics indetermination
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/12952/

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