Beckett's Dantes: Intertexuality in the Fiction and CriticismManchester University Press, 2005 - 232 pages This is the first study in English on the literary relation between Beckett and Dante. It is a clear and innovative reading of Samuel Beckett and Dante's works and a critical engagement with contemporary theories of intertextuality. Caselli gives an original intertextual reading of Beckett's work, detecting previously unknown quotations, allusions to, and parodies of Dante in Beckett's fiction and criticism. |
Contents
Acknowledgements page | 1 |
Dantes in Limbo | 10 |
Belacqua does not observe the rule of the road | 35 |
intratextuality in More Pricks Than Kicks | 57 |
Murphy and Watt | 81 |
Who is the third beside you? Authority in Mercier and Camier | 102 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Beckett's Dantes: Intertexuality in the Fiction and Criticism |
| Author | Daniela Caselli |
| Edition | annotated |
| Publisher | Manchester University Press, 2005 |
| ISBN | 0719071569, 9780719071560 |
| Length | 232 pages |
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