TY - BOOK AU - Okamuro,Minako TI - Borderless Beckett =: Beckett sans frontieres : Tokyo 2006 T2 - Samuel Beckett today/aujourd'hui, SN - 9781435654907 AV - PR6003.E282 Z4586eb vol. 19 U1 - 848.91409 22 22 PY - 2008/// CY - Amsterdam, New York, NY PB - Rodopi KW - Beckett, Samuel, KW - LITERARY CRITICISM KW - European KW - French KW - bisacsh KW - Electronic books KW - Conference papers and proceedings KW - fast KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc N1 - "The essays published in this volume are revised selections from the Symposium held at Waseda University from 29 September to 1 October, 2006, under the auspices of the 21st Century COE Institute for Theatre Research at Waseda and the Samuel Beckett Research Circle of Japan"--Introduction; Includes bibliographical references; TABLE OF CONTENTS / TABLE DES MATIÈRES; INTRODUCTION; EIGHT WAYS OF LOOKING AT SAMUEL BECKETT; DISLOCATIONS: LIMITS AND LIMITLESSNESS; LITTÉRATURE ET PHILOSOPHIE : VOIX ET IMAGES EN QUESTION; Of CLOWNS AND ARTISTS; ANIMALS, HUMANS, STONES; TELEVISION'S "SAVAGE EYE": PHANTASMAGORICAL AND VIRTUAL BODIES; BECKETT'S BORDERLESS WORDS / PAROLES SANS FRONTIÈRES; WITNESSING; "SSSH" : SOUNDS AND SIGNS OF SILENCE; BORDERLESSNESS : LIFE AND DEATH / BEGINNINGS AND ENDINGS; CONTRIBUTORS / LISTE DES AUTEURS N2 - SBT/A 19 features selected papers from the Borderless Beckett / Beckett sans frontières Symposium held in Tokyo at Waseda University in 2006. The essays penned by eminent and young scholars from around the world examine the many ways Beckett's art crosses borders: coupling reality and dream, life and death, as in Japanese Noh drama, or transgressing distinctions between limits and limitlessness; humans, animals, virtual bodies, and stones; French and English; words and silence; and the received frameworks of philosophy and aesthetics. The highlight of the volume is the contribution by Nobel La UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=230980 ER -