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Samuel Beckett and the Second World War: Politics, Propaganda and a 'Universe Become Provisional' de Dr William Davies

Samuel Beckett and the Second World War: Politics, Propaganda and a 'Universe Become Provisional': Historicizing Modernism

Autor Dr William Davies
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In the wake of the Second World War, Samuel Beckett wrote some of the most significant literary works of the 20th century. This is the first full-length historical study to examine the far-reaching impact of the war on Beckett's creative and intellectual sensibilities.Drawing on a substantial body of archival material, including letters, manuscripts, diaries and interviews, as well as a wealth of historical sources, this book explores Beckett's writing in a range of political contexts, from the racist dogma of Nazism and aggressive traditionalism of the Vichy regime to Irish neutrality censorship and the politics of recovery in the French Fourth Republic. Along the way, Samuel Beckett and the Second World War casts new light on Beckett's political commitments and his concepts of history as they were formed during Europe's darkest hour.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781350196575
ISBN-10: 1350196576
Pagini: 256
Ilustrații: 8 bw illus
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Seria Historicizing Modernism

Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Caracteristici

Explores Beckett's experiences in Nazi Germany, occupied and post-liberation France and neutral Ireland

Notă biografică

William Davies is a research fellow at the University of Reading. With Helen Bailey, he is the editor of Beckett and Politics (2020). He is an English editor of LONGITUDINES magazine.

Cuprins

Series Editor PrefaceIntroduction Chapter One - Beckett and the Second World War Chapter Two - Beckett, War and the Everyday Chapter Three - Revolution and Revulsion: Beckett and Vichy France Chapter Four - Beckett and Irish Neutrality Chapter Five - The Language of Recovery: Beckett and France after the Liberation Chapter Six - Beckett and War Writing Epilogue Bibliography Index

Recenzii

[Beckett's] life between 1939 and 1945-6 has been well-documented ... but William Davies adds much detail, and his book is certain to become the standard work on the subject. But he has done far more than provide new information: he adds fresh strands to the narrative. His book explores, for instance, the issue of Vichy's Révolution nationale and Beckett's sarcastic depiction of the Pétain paradox as a 'poor old misled man and hero of Verdun' (p. 78). This is followed by a brilliant exposé of Beckett's relationship to Irish neutrality and a fine analysis of his greatest poem 'Saint-Lô' (1946).
William Davies's Samuel Beckett and the Second World War is not only an excellent book; it is a necessary one-a book that puts to rest the notion, long operative in Beckett studies, that Beckett's oblique fiction, drama, and poetry deal with large abstract philosophical questions rather than historical realities. Davies documents, step by step, the subtle and complex treatment, in Beckett's writings, of the frightening politics of pre-war Nazi Germany and the mendacities of Vichy France, of life during the Resistance years, of his response to neutral Ireland, and finally to the postwar tension between Gaullist humanism and the Marxism of the intellectual Left, neither of which Beckett found palatable. Davies's is revaluative criticism at its most enlightening.
William Davies' Samuel Beckett and the Second World War argues, persuasively, that Beckett's mature work is set in the shadow of war; although the texts might not refer to it directly, WW2 and its aftermath are woven into the texture of Watt, Godot, and the Trilogy. Davies traces the impact that conflict had on the evolution of Beckett's art, and its traces in the maimed, solitary figures in his theatre and prose. Davies makes a compelling case; that Beckett's work is profoundly shaped by war, and its impact on our idea of the human. This study will be a crucial part of discussions on the relation between Beckett's work and the tumultuous events through which he lived.
This deep and original re-examination of Samuel Beckett's experience in occupied France during World War Two is a revelation, a book that opens so many new vistas onto Beckett's creative breakthrough, and the gestation of Waiting for Godot, Endgame and the post-war prose. A stunning debut.
Elegantly synthesizes a rich history of Vichy France.