Absorption and Theatricality: On Ghost Trio

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Absorption and Theatricality: On Ghost Trio
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Conor Carville
SeriesElements in Beckett Studies
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:75
Dimensions(mm): Height 228,Width 151
Category/GenreLiterary studies - from c 1900 -
Literary studies - plays and playwrights
ISBN/Barcode 9781009001175
ClassificationsDewey:848.91409
Audience
General
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises; Worked examples or Exercises

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 17 March 2022
Publication Country United Kingdom

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.