{"product_id":"beckett-and-animals-hardback-9781107019607","title":"Beckett and Animals (Hardback) 9781107019607","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBeckett and Animals\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis is the first full-length study to explore the significance of animals in Samuel Beckett's prose, drama and poetry.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMary Bryden (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107019607, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 July 2013\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e248 pages, 2 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.7 cm, 0.54 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Given the range of perspectives and the conspicuous erudition throughout the essays in this extraordinary collection, readers will surely never look at Beckett's animals - now more noticeable and memorable than ever before - or actual animals in the former way ever again.' William Hutchings, James Joyce Literary Supplement\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe animals that appear in Samuel Beckett's work are diverse and unpredictable. They serve as victim and persecutor, companion and adversary, disconcerting observers and objects oblivious to the human gaze. Bringing together an international array of Beckett specialists, this is the first full-length study to explore the significance of the animals that populate Beckett's prose, drama and poetry. Essays theorise a broad spectrum of animal manifestations while focusing on the roles that distinct animal forms play within Beckett's work, including horses, sheep, cats, dogs, bees, insects and others. Contributors situate close readings within a larger literary and cultural context, drawing on thinkers ranging from Aristotle to Deleuze, Foucault and Agamben, and on authors such as Flaubert, Kafka and Coetzee. The result is an incisive and provocative collection that traverses disciplinary boundaries, revealing how Beckett's creatures challenge conventional notions of species identity and, ultimately, what it means to be human.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of contributors\u003cbr\u003e List of abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Introduction Mary Bryden\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Animality: 1. Forms of weakness: animalisation in Kafka and Beckett Shane Weller\u003cbr\u003e 2. Beckett, Coetzee, and animals Yoshiki Tajiri\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Beckettian bestiary Mary Bryden\u003cbr\u003e 4. 'Quite exceptionally anthropoid': species anxiety and metamorphosis in Beckett's humans and other animals David Wheatley\u003cbr\u003e 5. An animal inside: Beckett\/Leibniz's stone, animal, human, and the unborn Naoya Mori\u003cbr\u003e 6. Pavlov's dogs and other animals in Samuel Beckett Ulrika Maude\u003cbr\u003e 7. Little animals in the brain: Beckett's 'porteurs de la mémoire' Yoshiyuki Inoue\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The Specificity of Animals: 8. 'Think, pig!': Beckett's animal philosophies Jean-Michel Rabaté\u003cbr\u003e 9. Beckett's 'necessary' cat(s) Linda Ben-Zvi\u003cbr\u003e 10. Making flies mean something Steven Connor\u003cbr\u003e 11. 'Hooves!': the equine presence in Beckett Joseph Anderton\u003cbr\u003e 12. The dancing bees in Samuel Beckett's Molloy: the rapture of unknowing Angela Moorjani\u003cbr\u003e 13. Despised for their obviousness: Samuel Beckett's dogs Chris Ackerley\u003cbr\u003e 14. Beckett and sheep Julie Campbell\u003cbr\u003e 15. 'Eyes in each other's eyes': Beckett, Kleist, and the fencing bear Maximilian de Gaynesford\u003cbr\u003e 16. Words without acts: Beckett's parrots Brigitte Le Juez.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: from c 1900 - [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: from c 1900 -\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20from%20c%201900%20-%20%5BDSBH%5D%22\"\u003eDSBH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265495027992,"sku":"9781107019607","price":93.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107019607i.jpg?v=1692023466","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/beckett-and-animals-hardback-9781107019607","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}