La Revue des lettres modernes

L'ascese du sujet

edited by Llewellyn Brown

Book cover: La Revue des lettres modernes

Extent: 195 pages

Publisher: Classiques Garnier

Subjects: Literary Studies

Series: Revue des lettres modernes

Series volume number: 1

Language: French

Paperback (Published)

(April 2024)

ISBN: 9782406167921

8.62 x 5.94 inches

Price: $48.00

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Beckett’s writing is rooted in asceticism and in the desire to free oneself from a fallen body. These processes of negation are unsuccessful, creating a point on which words falter and establishing an aesthetic of failure, where the writer must confront the opaque heart of his creation.


Beckett’s writing is rooted in asceticism and in the desire to free oneself from a fallen body. These processes of negation are unsuccessful, creating a point on which words falter and establishing an aesthetic of failure, where the writer must confront the opaque heart of his creation.

  • Edited by Llewellyn Brown