Beckett Judaizing Beckett: "a Jew from Greenland" in Paris
Through a biographical and thematic examination of Beckett's experience of Jews, Judaism and anti-Semitism in Dublin, Germany, and France, this paper will provide new information pertinent to an understanding of Beckett's postwar ethical and aesthetic approach. I will argue that the subtle...
| Published in: | Samuel Beckett Today / Aujourd'hui |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
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Brill
2007
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/18757405-018001024 https://brill.com/view/journals/sbt/18/1/article-p325_24.xml https://brill.com/downloadpdf/journals/sbt/18/1/article-p325_24.xml |
| Summary: | Through a biographical and thematic examination of Beckett's experience of Jews, Judaism and anti-Semitism in Dublin, Germany, and France, this paper will provide new information pertinent to an understanding of Beckett's postwar ethical and aesthetic approach. I will argue that the subtle yet discernible traces of Judaic suffering and otherness which can be found in Beckett's early plays demonstrate a unique form of hypersensitivity, which, in the aftermath of the catastrophe, can be seen to embody a timely and appropriate response to the problematics of Judaic mimesis. |
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