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The Unhappy Consciousness

The Poetic Plight of Samuel Beckett An Inquiry at the Intersection of Phenomenology and Literature

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  • © 1981

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Authors:
  1. Eugene F. Kaelin

    1. Dept. of Philosophy, Florida State University, Tallahassee, USA

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Part of the book series: Analecta Husserliana (ANHU, volume 13)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxv
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction: The Babel of Criticism

      • Eugene F. Kaelin
      Pages 1-12

  3. Part I

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13
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    2. In the Beginning, the Word

      • Eugene F. Kaelin
      Pages 15-30

    3. Apprenticeship in Sorcery

      • Eugene F. Kaelin
      Pages 31-58

    4. The Gift of Tongues

      • Eugene F. Kaelin
      Pages 59-86

    5. Through Streets Wide and Narrow

      • Eugene F. Kaelin
      Pages 87-115

    6. “I was my Father and I was my Son”

      • Eugene F. Kaelin
      Pages 116-129

    7. Voices in the Mud

      • Eugene F. Kaelin
      Pages 130-153

  4. Part II

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 155-155
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    2. Creating a Scene

      • Eugene F. Kaelin
      Pages 157-178

    3. Voices, in English, on the Air

      • Eugene F. Kaelin
      Pages 179-197

    4. English Voices for the Stage

      • Eugene F. Kaelin
      Pages 198-218

    5. The Limits of Theater

      • Eugene F. Kaelin
      Pages 219-249

    6. Soul made Light, and Sound

      • Eugene F. Kaelin
      Pages 250-268

    7. Sound, Sense and Sound

      • Eugene F. Kaelin
      Pages 269-281

    8. Closure

      • Eugene F. Kaelin
      Pages 282-304

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 305-326
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About this book

In the wake of so many other keys to the treasure, whoever undertakes still another book of criticism on the novels and drama of Samuel Beckett must assume the grave burden of justifying the attempt, especially for him who like one of John Barth's recent fictional characterizations of himself, believes that the key to the treasure is the treasure itself. No one will ever have the privilege of the last word on these texts, since any words other than the author's own found therein must be referred back to the text themselves for cautious verification. Indeed, the words the author has used to create the oeuvre stand by virtue of their own creativeness, or fail in their pretense, and need no critical comment to be appreciated for what they have achieved or have failed to achieve. In criticism there is no privileged point of view - not even the author's own. He has consulted his knowledge and experience to make the work, and whoever would criticize his efforts would seem to owe him the indulgence of doing the same. If communication is mediated through the works, the author and his readers respond in recipro­ cal fashion to the expressiveness of their contexts. For the philosopher of art, the challenge is extremely tempting - on a manifold count.

Reviews

`This monograph offers a highly original perspective to the body of Beckett scholarship. It will interest philosophers involved with aesthetics, phenomenology, and literature, literary critics, and those concerned with literary studies and poetics.'
The Modern Schoolman (November 1983)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Dept. of Philosophy, Florida State University, Tallahassee, USA

    Eugene F. Kaelin

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Unhappy Consciousness

  • Book Subtitle: The Poetic Plight of Samuel Beckett An Inquiry at the Intersection of Phenomenology and Literature

  • Authors: Eugene F. Kaelin

  • Series Title: Analecta Husserliana

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8522-3

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland 1981

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-1313-1Published: 30 November 1981

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-009-8524-7Published: 09 February 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-8522-3Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0167-7276

  • Series E-ISSN: 2542-8330

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXVI, 326

  • Topics: Philosophy of Science, Language and Literature, Phenomenology

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