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Elizabeth Barry
Beckett and Authority [PDF ebook]
The Uses of Cliché

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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.

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Introduction Cliché, Consensus and Realism Cliché and Memory Cliche, Autobiography and Epitaph Cliché and the Language of Religion Beyond Cliché: Authority, Agency and the Fall of Rhetoric Bibliography Index

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ELIZABETH BARRY is a Lecturer in English at the University of Warwick, UK.

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Língua Inglês ● Formato PDF ● Páginas 232 ● ISBN 9780230627499 ● Tamanho do arquivo 4.7 MB ● Editora Palgrave Macmillan UK ● Cidade London ● País GB ● Publicado 2006 ● Carregável 24 meses ● Moeda EUR ● ID 2307220 ● Proteção contra cópia DRM social

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