Beckett's creatures: art of failure after the Holocaust

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Beckett's creatures: art of failure after the Holocaust

The Beckettian creature is a product of dehumanisation and endures a variety of irresolvable tensions which culminate in a contingent mode of being that subsists in the nostalgia or hope for an authentic, meaningful life. This thesis examines Samuel Beckett's evocation of the 'creature...

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Main Author:	Anderton, Joseph
Format:	Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:	English
Published:	2013
Subjects:	Samuel Beckett Jewish Holocaust
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/29143/

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