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Absorption and Theatricality: On Ghost Trio
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Absorption and Theatricality: On Ghost Trio
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Conor Carville
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| Series | Elements in Beckett Studies |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:75 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 228,Width 151 |
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| Category/Genre | Literary studies - from c 1900 -
Literary studies - plays and playwrights |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9781009001175
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| Classifications | Dewey:848.91409 |
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| Illustrations |
Worked examples or Exercises; Worked examples or Exercises
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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| Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
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| Publication Date |
17 March 2022 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
Samuel Beckett's 1976 Television play Ghost Trio is one of his most beautiful and mysterious works. It is also the play that most clearly demonstrates Beckett's imaginative and aesthetic engagement with the visual arts and the history of painting in particular. Drawing on the work of Stanley Cavell and Michael Fried, On Ghost Trio demonstrates Beckett's exploration of the relationship between theatricality, absorption and objecthood, and shows how his work anticipates the development of video and installation art. In doing so Conor Carville develops a new and highly original reading of Beckett's art, rooted in both archival sources and philosophical aesthetics.
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