Women in Samuel Beckett's prose and drama : her own other
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Women in Samuel Beckett's prose and drama : her own other
Macmillan , Barnes & Noble, 1993
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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: uk ISBN 9780333573068
Description
Beckett's early writing is structured upon very sharply defined gender polarities. Objects of alarm, lust, derision, or indifference, women incarnate the 'Other', Beckett's shift from fiction to stage and media drama - giving a voice to women - unsettles this adversarial structure. In the later prose and drama, gender qualifies Beckett's people for neither fear nor favour. Mary Bryden's analysis, embraces not only Beckett's published prose and drama, but also a number of unpublished and draft manuscripts from Reading University's Beckett Archive.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements - Key to Abbreviations and Editions Cited - Introduction - Space Invaders: Women of the Early Fiction - Beckett and Deleuze: Gender in Process - Undoing the 'Not': Women of the Early Drama - 'No Better than Shades no Worse': Women of the Later Drama - Nomad Selves: Women of the Later Prose - Otherhood/Motherhood/Smotherhood: The Mother in Beckett's Writing - Conclusion - Notes to Chapters - Bibliography - Index
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: us ISBN 9780389210054
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This book is a study of the evolving role of women throughout Beckett's work. Beckett's early writing is structured upon very sharply defined gender polaritiesóobjects of alarm, lust, derision, or indifference. Beckett's shift from fiction to stage and media dramaógiving a voice to womenóunsettles this adversarial structure. In later prose and drama, gender qualifies Beckett's people for neither fear nor favor. Mary Bryden's analysis drawing on the insights of such French writers as Deleuze and Guattari, and Helene Cixous, traces how gender dualisms are undermined over the course of Beckett's writing career. She examines the status of sexual indeterminacy in Beckett's work, and concludes with a remarkable case study: that of the mother figure, whose profile alters from dread to tenderness. The book embraces not only Beckett's published prose and drama, but also a number of unpublished and draft manuscripts from Reading University's Beckett Archive. Women in Samuel Beckett's Prose and Drama, will be of great interest to Literary Studies courses in both French and English departments, and Women's Studies courses. Contents: Introduction; Space Invaders: Women of the Early Fiction; Beckett and Deleuze: Gender in Process; Undoing the "Not": Women of the Early Drama; "No Better than Shades No Worse": Women of the Later Drama; Nomad Selves: Women of the Later Prose; Otherhood/Motherhood/Smotherhood: The Mother in Beckett's Writing; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
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