BECKETT and the Mythology of Psychoanalysis

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Very fine Hardcover with dust jacket now protected in removable cover. This is the first full length study to consider Beckett’s informed but deeply ambivalent engagement with the terrain of psychoanalysis. Taking psychoanalysis as a historically-specific construct, not as a privileged source of truth, Phil Baker shows the extent to which psychoanalytic ideas are present in Beckett’s work at a fully literary and aesthetic level. The focus is mainly on the prose, including lesser known early work. There are notable new readings within Molloy and Ill Seen Ill Said, and the fullest reading to date of the Four Novellas. It is also a significant contribution to understanding the gendered nature of Beckett’s writing. Scarce collector’s item. Seller Inventory # 618

Title: BECKETT and the Mythology of Psychoanalysis
Publisher: Macmillan Press Ltd., London
Publication Date: 1997
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Near Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Edition: 1st Edition