Ebook: Beckett's Dantes : Intertextuality in the fiction and criticism
Author: Caselli Daniela, Beckett Samuel, Dante Alighieri
- Tags: Dante Alighieri -- 1265-1321 -- Influence. Beckett Samuel -- 1906-1989 -- Criticism and interpretation. Comparative literature -- English and Italian. Comparative literature -- Italian and English. Comparative literature -- French and Italian. Comparative literature -- Italian and French. Dante Alighieri -- 1265-1321. Beckett Samuel -- 1906-1989.
- Year: 2006
- Publisher: Manchester University Press
- City: Manchester
- Language: English
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Beckett's Dantes: Intertextuality in the fiction and criticism is the first study in English on the literary relationship between Beckett and Dante. It is an innovative reading of Samuel Beckett and Dante's works and a critical engagement with contemporary theories of intertextuality. The volume interprets Dante in the original Italian (as it appears in Beckett), translating into English all Italian quotations. It Read more...
Abstract: Beckett's Dantes: Intertextuality in the fiction and criticism is the first study in English on the literary relationship between Beckett and Dante. It is an innovative reading of Samuel Beckett and Dante's works and a critical engagement with contemporary theories of intertextuality. The volume interprets Dante in the original Italian (as it appears in Beckett), translating into English all Italian quotations. It benefits from a multilingual approach based on Beckett's published works in English and French, and on manuscripts (which use English, French, German and Italian). The book is aimed a