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Synopsis
This study is about the central place of the emotional world in Beckett's writing. Stating that Beckett is "primarily about love", John Keller makes a radical re-assessment of his influence and immense popularity. The book examines numerous Beckettian texts, arguing that they embody a struggle to remain in contact with a primal sense of internal goodness, one founded on early experience with the mother. Writing itself becomes an internal dialogue,...
About the Author
John Keller is a psychoanalyst in private practice in Toronto.
Review
"John Keller has written a book that threw more light onto the Beckettian murk...for this reader...than has been available before. The readings...are highly convincing and in places quite stunning. Beckett Studies...will never be quite the same again." -- Lance Butler, Universite de Pau
"Keller utterly convinces the reader of his basic, fundamental premise that Beckett’s work is ‘primarily about love’. This is an astounding conclusion which will change the nature...
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- PublisherManchester University Press
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 0719063132
- ISBN 13 9780719063138
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages272
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