Saturday, December 2, 2017

Towards a literature of the unword : a study of the aesthetic quest of Samuel Beckett

Smith, Brian., "Towards a literature of the unword : a study of the aesthetic quest of Samuel Beckett." (1974). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 4406.  

http://scholar.uwindsor.ca/etd/4406


Samuel Beckett, letter to Axel Kaun, 9 July 1937
To drill one hole after another into it [language] until that which lurks behind, be it something or nothing, starts seeping through — I cannot imagine a higher goal for today’s writer.
https://andrewgallix.com/2012/07/24/the-literature-of-the-unword/
http://aflls.ucdc.ro/en/doc2/3%20SAMUEL%20BECKETT.pdf
http://diginole.lib.fsu.edu/islandora/object/fsu:169070/datastream/PDF/view
https://analoguehumanist.wordpress.com/2015/01/19/becketts-unword-and-literary-history/