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    Beckett and Sade by Rabaté, Jean-Michel;

    Series: Elements in Beckett Studies;

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    Product details:

    • Publisher Cambridge University Press
    • Date of Publication 19 November 2020

    • ISBN 9781108726832
    • Binding Paperback
    • No. of pages80 pages
    • Size 230x150x5 mm
    • Weight 140 g
    • Language English
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    Short description:

    A systematic, chronological discussion of Samuel Beckett's interest in the works and person of Marquis de Sade.

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    Long description:

    Much has been written on Beckett and Sade, yet nothing systematic has been produced. This Element is systematic by adopting a chronological order, which is necessary given the complexity of Beckett's varying assessments of Sade. Beckett mentioned Sade early in his career, with Proust as a first guide. His other sources were Guillaume Apollinaire and Mario Praz's book, La Carne, La morte e il Diavolo Nella Letteratura Romantica (1930), from which he took notes about sadism for his Dream Notebook. Dante's meditation on the absurdity of justice provides closure facing Beckett's wonder at the pervasive presence of sadism in humans.

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    Table of Contents:

    Introduction. The Sade Boom; 1. The Guides: Apollinaire, Proust and Praz; 2. From Murphy to Watt: Knotting pathology and theology; 3. Sade's Unreason; 4. Comment Sade: the Sadean Pedagogy of Love in How It Is; 5. Sade's Dark Revolution; 6. Eternally Reversible Catastrophes; Conclusion: Play, Pleasure, and Jouissance.

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