Beckett’s Dantes: Intertextuality in the fiction and criticism

Daniela Caselli

doi:10.7765/9781847793652

This is a study on the literary relation between Beckett and Dante. It is a reading of Samuel Beckett and Dante's works and a critical engagement with contemporary theories of intertextuality. The book gives a reading of Beckett's work, detecting previously unknown quotations, allusions to, and parodies of Dante in Beckett's fiction and criticism. It is aimed at the scholarly communities interested in literatures in English, literary and critical theory, comparative literature and theory, French literature and theory and Italian studies.

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Beckett’s Dantes

Intertextuality in the fiction and criticism

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Front matter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

Acknowledgements
pp vii-viii

Introduction
pp 1-9

1 - Dantes in Limbo
pp 10-34

2 - Belacqua does not observe ‘the rule of the road’
pp 35-56

3 - Strata and mysteries: Intratextuality in <italic>More Pricks Than Kicks</italic>
pp 57-80

4 - Fatigue and disgust: <italic>Murphy and Watt</italic>
pp 81-101

5 - Who is the third beside you?: Authority in <italic>Mercier and Camier</italic>
pp 102-119

6 - <italic>Déjà vu</italic> beyond reach: From the <italic>Novellas</italic> to the <italic>Three Novels</italic>
pp 120-147

7 - Staging the <italic>Inferno</italic> in <italic>How It Is</italic>
pp 148-182

8 - ‘In the words of the poet’: <italic>The Lost Ones</italic>
pp 183-200

Conclusion: Farewell to the old lutist
pp 201-205

Bibliography
pp 206-225

Index
pp 226-232

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