Beckett and the Mythology of Psychoanalysis - Hardcover

Phil Baker

9780312172862: Beckett and the Mythology of Psychoanalysis

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312172869 ISBN 13: 9780312172862

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 1997

Considers the relation between Beckett's work and psychoanalytic concepts, particularly those that relate to the mid-20th century's culture of loss. Topics include the enduring infancy and familial mythology of certain of the narrators, the Oedipal thematics of Molloy , the failure of identification with the father throughout the oeuvre, the mythical womb as lost paradise in the novellas, idealized death and the motif of the mutual gaze, and the centrality of introjects in Ill Seen Ill Said . Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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Review:

'Baker's work bears the hallmark of a rewritten doctoral thesis, a brilliant one, in its density and detail...but it also benefits from freshness and enthusiasm.' - Dan Gunn, Times Literary Supplement

'Psychoanalytic approaches... have long found rich pickings in Beckett's works. [...] Phil Baker's important book Beckett and the Mythology of Psychoanalysis (1997) was a breakthrough in this field because it merged a psychoanalytical approach with a consciousness of historical location...'

- Ronan McDonald, The Cambridge Introduction to Samuel Beckett (Cambridge University Press, 2006)

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