On Beckett

Synopsis

"This collection of Alain Badiou's essays on Samuel Beckett is a deliberate intellectual challenge to conventional Beckett scholarship. These essays trace the development of Beckett's art—from his first works through the claustrophobic world of The Unnameable to a final engagement with questions of Other and Love . Badiou rejects the stereotypical view of Beckett as the dark existentialist; rather, he claims that the lesson of Beckett is one of moderation, precision, and courage."