{"product_id":"samuel-beckett-and-the-politics-of-aftermath-hardcover","title":"Samuel Beckett and the Politics of Aftermath - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames McNaughton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSamuel Beckett and the Politics of Aftermath\u003c\/em\u003e explores Beckett's literary responses to the political maelstroms of his formative and middle years: the Irish civil war and the crisis of commitment in 1930s Europe, the rise of fascism and the atrocities of World War II. Archive yields a Beckett who monitored propaganda in speeches and newspapers, and whose creative work engages with specific political strategies, rhetoric, and events. Finally, Beckett's political aesthetic sharpens into focus. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDeep within form, Beckett models ominous historical developments as surely as he satirizes artistic and philosophical interpretations that overlook them. He burdens aesthetic production with guilt: imagination and language, theater and narrative, all parallel political techniques. Beckett comically embodies conservative religious and political doctrines; he plays Irish colonial history against contemporary European horrors; he examines aesthetic complicity in effecting atrocity and covering it up. This book offers insightful, original, and vivid readings of Beckett's work up to \u003cem\u003eThree Novels and Endgame\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames McNaughton, \u003cem\u003eAssociate Professor of English, University of Alabama\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJames McNaughton is an Associate Professor of English at the University of Alabama. Indebted to archival research, Dr. McNaughton's work examines the intersections among history, politics, and modernist aesthetics. His areas of specialty include twentieth-century Irish writing, British and Irish poetry, and international modernisms. He has previously published in the \u003cem\u003eJournal of Modern Literature\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eModern Fiction Studies\u003c\/em\u003e, and elsewhere. He also writes non-fiction essays.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 238\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9.3 x 6.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 16, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45837558841541,"sku":"9780198822547","price":179.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/gVR0H-1bz49780198822547.webp?v=1771281610","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/samuel-beckett-and-the-politics-of-aftermath-hardcover","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}