{"product_id":"the-making-of-samuel-becketts-james-little-9781350269057","title":"The Making of Samuel Beckett's Not I \/ Pas Moi, That Time \/ Cette Fois and Footfalls \/ Pas","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis volume of the BDMP series charts the genesis of three iconic Beckett plays: \u003ci\u003eNot I\u003c\/i\u003e (1973), \u003ci\u003eThat Time\u003c\/i\u003e (1976) and \u003ci\u003eFootfalls \u003c\/i\u003e(1976), all translated into French by their author. Including analyses of abandoned archival precursors - the '\u003ci\u003eKilcool\u003c\/i\u003e' drafts (1963) and the '\u003ci\u003ePetit Od駮n' \u003c\/i\u003eFragments (1967-1968) - the book covers a crucial period in Beckett's playwriting career, during which his long-held ambition to stage a mouth babbling in the dark became a catalyst for some of his most innovative work. This volume provides a comprehensive guide to the history of the three plays, tracking their development from compositional manuscripts through to publication and performance. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book contends that these plays should be seen as stagings of the subject-object breakdown explored in Beckett's early writing. Drawing on the notes he took on psychology and psychoanalysis in 1934-1935, it examines the many psychological and psychoanalytic concepts that are used in the author's later stagings of the mind. The plays are analysed through the lens of enactive cognition: not as representations of particular psychological conditions, but as pieces which encourage active interpretation on the part of their audiences. By staging minds in states of breakdown that resist diagnosis, \u003ci\u003e Not I\u003c\/i\u003e \/\u003ci\u003e Pas moi\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThat Time\u003c\/i\u003e \/ \u003ci\u003eCette fois\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFootfalls \u003c\/i\u003e\/ \u003ci\u003ePas enact\u003c\/i\u003e the subject-object breakdown that is such a key part of Beckett's aesthetics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James Little\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350269050\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350269057\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/13\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 520\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 6.69w x 1.00d","brand":"James Little","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44071408304383,"sku":"9781350269057","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9108fc3d-7251-4ed1-b1d3-a8f70332c599.jpg?v=1685435921","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-making-of-samuel-becketts-james-little-9781350269057","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}