02181nam 2200553 a 450 991096076060332120251116222145.00-268-09660-0(CKB)2560000000052359(OCoLC)694144467(CaPaEBR)ebrary10423307(SSID)ssj0000485097(PQKBManifestationID)11335484(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000485097(PQKBWorkID)10602751(PQKB)11034527(MiAaPQ)EBC3440982(MdBmJHUP)muse25623(Au-PeEL)EBL3440982(CaPaEBR)ebr10423307(EXLCZ)99256000000005235920070514d2007 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrIconic spaces the dark theology of Samuel Beckett's drama /Sandra Wynands1st ed.Notre Dame, Ind. University of Notre Dame Pressc20071 online resource (241 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-268-04410-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-214) and index.Introduction -- Visuality and iconicity in Samuel Beckett's Catastrophe -- "Three dialogues" and the economy of art -- Metaphor and metonymy in Not I -- The empty space of Quad -- The reduction of Film -- Conclusion.Iconic Spaces looks at Samuel Beckett's mature theatrical work as a displaced theology of the icon.Sandra Wynands rejects conventional existentialist or nihilist interpretations of Beckett's work, arguing instead that beneath the text, in the depths of language and being, Beckett creates an absolutely irreducible, transcendent space.Theology in literatureSpiritual life in literatureTheology in literature.Spiritual life in literature.848/.91409Wynands Sandra1970-1858045MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910960760603321Iconic spaces4459258UNINA