{"product_id":"beckett-and-nature-9798765125410","title":"Beckett and Nature","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew analyses on the insightful ways in which Beckett's work actively engages with contested notions of Nature and the natural, developing a radical version of modernism's main questions and insights. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeckett and Nature \u003c\/i\u003etakes its cue from contemporary developments in Beckett scholarship focused on ecocriticism, posthumanism, and the Anthropocene, going beyond them into a questioning of the very concepts of \"Nature\" and \"the natural.\" It examines one of the most unthought ontological dimensions of literature and life: that symbolic space, deemed natural or part of Nature, appears necessary and undeniable and, therefore, impossible to be deconstructed. In doing so, the authors show that, in fact, this space takes on many shapes, recognizing three \"natural\" dimensions criticized by Beckett: bodies, worlds, and literatures. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFeaturing a wide range of both Beckett's work and Beckett scholars - including Jean-Michel Rabaté and Stanley E. Gontarski - \u003ci\u003eBeckett and Nature \u003c\/i\u003eoffers contextualized readings of the understandings of nature and the natural throughout his decade-spanning oeuvre. The volume shows that part of the radicality of Beckett's writing is that - through a variety of evolving techniques and strategies - it questions what appears in our cultures as the most unquestionable and opens up possibilities for thinking not only what is human, literature, and philosophy, but also gender, identity, and any attempt at definitions of ourselves or the world at large.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharles Clements\u003c\/b\u003e is a Ph.D. candidate in English Literature at Tufts University, USA. His research focuses on the metaphysical assumptions of 20th-century Irish and British fiction with a particular emphasis on issues of representation and non-knowledge. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eEleanor Green\u003c\/b\u003e works at the University of Manchester, UK. They are also Co-Ordinator for the Beyond Radical Network, a queer studies research network in the UK. They have presented at national and international conferences and their reviews and interviews can be found at the \u003ci\u003eBeckett Circle\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eReview 31\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames Martell\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of French at Lyon College, USA. His publications include \u003ci\u003eBeckett and Derrida \u003c\/i\u003e(forthcoming), \u003ci\u003eModernism, Self-Creation, and the Maternal: The Mother's Son\u003c\/i\u003e (2019), \u003ci\u003eSamuel Beckett and the Encounter of Philosophy and Literature\u003c\/i\u003e (2013; with Arka Chattopadhyay), and \u003ci\u003eTattooed Bodies: Theorizing Body Inscription Across Disciplines and Cultures\u003c\/i\u003e (2021; with Erik Larsen). He is the volume editor of \u003ci\u003eUnderstanding Sade, Understanding Modernism \u003c\/i\u003e(Bloomsbury, 2025).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51690702405906,"sku":"9798765125410","price":131.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_391db6d0-934c-4307-844f-44f366988be2.jpg?v=1761744386","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/beckett-and-nature-9798765125410","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}