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Samuel Beckett and the Philosophical Image

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Samuel Beckett and the Philosophical Image
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Anthony Uhlmann
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:200
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152
Category/GenreLiterary studies - general
Literary studies - from c 1900 -
Literary studies - plays and playwrights
Literary studies - fiction, novelists and prose writers
History of Western philosophy
ISBN/Barcode 9780521120128
ClassificationsDewey:828.91209
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 24 September 2009
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Beckett often made use of images from the visual arts and readapted them, staging them in his plays, or using them in his fiction. Anthony Uhlmann sets out to explain how an image differs from other terms, like 'metaphor' or 'representation', and, in the process, to analyse Beckett's use of images borrowed from philosophy and aesthetics. This study, first published in 2006, carefully examines Beckett's thoughts on the image in his literary works and his extensive notes to the philosopher Arnold Geulincx. Uhlmann considers how images might allow one kind of interaction between philosophy and literature, and how Beckett makes use of images which are borrowed from, or drawn into dialogue with, philosophical images from Geulincx, Berkeley, Bergson, and the ancient Stoics. Uhlmann's reading of Beckett's aesthetic and philosophical interests provides a revolutionary reading of the importance of the image in his work.

Author Biography

Anthony Uhlmann is Senior Lecturer in the School of Humanities at the University of Western Sydney, Australia.