Demented Particulars: The Annotated 'Murphy'

Demented Particulars: The Annotated 'Murphy'
ISBN-10
0748643257
ISBN-13
9780748643257
Category
Literary Criticism
Pages
264
Language
English
Published
2010-09-07
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Author
Chris Ackerley

Description

This is a detailed, page by page annotation of Samuel Beckett's first published novel, Murphy. In the introduction, Ackerley outlines the history of the novel and the critical debate surrounding it. He gives an account of the vast range of reading that directly influenced Murphy, and a presents a sophisticated discussion of the 'Cartesian catastrophe' at the heart of it. He also includes an extensive bibliography and a thematic index.

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