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The publication of Beckett’s letters and the availability of the manuscript of Murphy have thrown new light on the curious chess game at the novel’s dénouement. In tracing the revisions from manuscript through publication and subsequent translations, I compare Beckett’s play with the conventions of the game and reconstruct the largely parodic hidden agenda of chess references in Beckett’s early work, their roots and ambivalences, as well as their place in the larger context of Beckett’s writing.
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The publication of Beckett’s letters and the availability of the manuscript of Murphy have thrown new light on the curious chess game at the novel’s dénouement. In tracing the revisions from manuscript through publication and subsequent translations, I compare Beckett’s play with the conventions of the game and reconstruct the largely parodic hidden agenda of chess references in Beckett’s early work, their roots and ambivalences, as well as their place in the larger context of Beckett’s writing.
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| PDF Views & Downloads | 77 | 1 | 0 |
