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Beckett and Authority

The Uses of Cliché
By:Elizabeth Barry
Publisher:Springer Nature
Print ISBN:9780230008335
eText ISBN:9780230627499
Edition:0
Copyright:2006
Format:Page Fidelity

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This new book situates Beckett in a philosophical and literary tradition that has argued for the creative value of stupidity, a key concept in the thinking of philosophers such as Wittgenstein. It investigates the relationship between verbal cliché, revealing the strategies he used to challenge intellectual and social authority in his works.