Wimbush, Andy

Still: Samuel Becketts Quietism

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ISBN 13:: 9783838213699
author:: Wimbush, Andy
format:: Paperback / softback
publisher:: ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon
language:: English
Publication Year:: 2020
Pages:: 290
Dimensions:: 21 x 14.8 centimetres
Genre:: Nonfiction, Philosophy, Religious,
Condition:: New
Availability:: Item usually sent within 4 working days

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Samuel Beckett's artistic vision was deeply rooted in an 'abject self-referring quietism', a philosophical and religious attitude of renunciation and will-lessness. This quietist approach, shaped by the work of Arthur Schopenhauer, E.M. Cioran, Thomas à Kempis, Fyodor Dostoevsky, and André Gide, allowed Beckett to break free from traditional literary forms and create a new kind of fiction. Quietism was a lifelong preoccupation for Beckett, influencing his perspectives on art, relationships, ethics, and even notions of salvation. By embracing quietism, Beckett could renounce authorial power and write from a position of impotence, ignorance, and incoherence, producing a unique fiction that had the 'tranquility of decomposition'. This book explores how Beckett distilled an understanding of quietism to shape his artistic vision and career as a writer.

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