This Hell of Stories : A Hegelian Approach to the Novels of Samuel Beckett

This study of Beckett's novels does not attempt to 'revolutionize' Beckett criticism but systematically to loosen up the prevailing rigid conception of Beckett as 'absurdist'. The 'system' of the approach has been borrowed from Hegel whose own 'rigidity' hides a dynamism that is as frequently overlooked as is Beckett's.

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Preface Introduction I. The Novels of Samuel Beckett II. Beckett and Descartes III. Stubborn Paradoxes IV. The Dialectic Battleground V. Dying and Killing VI. The End of Art VII. The Artist as the Guilty God Bibliography Index