LEADER 03932nam 2200685 a 450 001 9910572179903321 005 20241120174821.0 010 $a1-299-42866-5 010 $a3-0353-0078-X 024 7 $a10.3726/978-3-0353-0078-9 035 $a(CKB)2670000000252699 035 $a(EBL)1054038 035 $a(OCoLC)818870727 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000722968 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12255804 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000722968 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10699393 035 $a(PQKB)10067657 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1054038 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/83867 035 $a(PPN)229101291 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000252699 100 $a20081215d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 13$a'A course of severe and arduous trials' $eBacon, Beckett and spurious freemasonry in early twentieth-century Ireland /$fLynn Brunet 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cPeter Lang$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (224 p.) 225 1 $aReimagining Ireland,$x1662-9094 ;$v6 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a3-03911-854-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [189]-202) and index. 327 $aContents; Acknowledgements vii; Introduction 1; Chapter One Francis Bacon, Royal Arch Rites and the 'Passing of the Veils' 13; Chapter Two Perambulations with the Men of No Popery: Orange Order Themes and the Irish Warrior Tradition in the Art of Francis Bacon 37; Chapter Three Samuel Beckett's Plays: Waiting for Godot: A Parody of Royal Arch Rites? 63; Chapter Four Samuel Beckett's Plays: Ritual Movements, Subjective States, Torture and Trauma 85; Chapter Five Initiatory Rites in Samuel Beckett's The Unnamable and Other Prose 117 327 $aChapter Six Trauma, Druidism and the Gnostic Tradition in the Work of Bacon and Beckett 139Appendix Francis Bacon websites 151; Notes 153; Select Bibliography 189; Index 203 330 $aThe artist Francis Bacon (1909-1992) and the writer Samuel Beckett (1906-1989) both convey in their work a sense of foreboding and confinement in bleak, ritualistic spaces. This book identifies many similarities between the spaces and activities they evoke and the initiatory practices of fraternal orders and secret societies that were an integral part of the social landscape of the Ireland experienced by both men during childhood. Many of these Irish societies modelled their ritual structures and symbolism on the Masonic Order. Freemasons use the term ?spurious Freemasonry? to designate those rituals not sanctioned by the Grand Lodge. The Masonic author Albert Mackey argues that the spurious forms were those derived from the various cult practices of the classical world and describes these initiatory practices as ?a course of severe and arduous trials?. This reading of Bacon?s and Beckett?s work draws on theories of trauma to suggest that there may be a disturbing link between Bacon?s stark imagery, Beckett?s obscure performances and the unofficial use of Masonic rites. 410 0$aReimagining Ireland ;$vv. 6. 606 $aFreemasonry in literature 606 $aFreemasonry in art 606 $aInitiation rites in literature 606 $aInitiation rites in art 607 $aIreland$xIn literature 607 $aIreland$xIn art 615 0$aFreemasonry in literature. 615 0$aFreemasonry in art. 615 0$aInitiation rites in literature. 615 0$aInitiation rites in art. 676 $a700.455 676 $a700/.455 676 $a700.455 700 $aBrunet$b Lynn$f1953-$01074364 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910572179903321 996 $aA course of severe and arduous trials$92861550 997 $aUNINA