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2.0 out of 5 stars
Great potential, but ultimately disappointing,
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This review is from: Samuel Beckett and the Meaning of Being: A Study in Ontological Parable (Hardcover)
This book seems a great idea: Lance St. John Butler draws parallels between Beckett and the respective philosophies of Martin Heidegger, Jean-Paul Sartre, and G.W.F. Hegel. Though Beckett apparently had little patience for the latter two (he thought that they were 'too philosophical' for him), Butler makes a convincing case as to why Beckett can and should be read through these philosophies. The result, however, falls rather short. His reading of the philosophers is unsophisticated and at times wrong; his reading of Beckett is unfortunately not much better. I don't recommend this book.
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Samuel Beckett and the Meaning of Being: A Study in Ontological Parable by Lance St. John Butler (Hardcover - June 1984)
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