Beckett and Leopardi
Author:   Peter Boxall (University of Oxford) ,  Peter Nicholls (New York University)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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9781009547918


Pages:   75
Publication Date:   11 December 2025
Format:   Hardback
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Beckett and Leopardi


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This Element revisits the relation between Giacomo Leopardi and Samuel Beckett to argue that the dialogue between them might offer new ways of thinking about the nature of both writers' pessimism. The authors suggest that Leopardi becomes increasingly important for Beckett, not only because he frames a literary philosophy of scepticism, but because he gives a rich account of the means by which thoroughgoing pessimism might open on to an unenchanted mode of persistence. In doing so, the Element looks past the impasse – between going on and not going on – that threatens to forestall imaginative possibilities for both writers.

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Author:   Peter Boxall (University of Oxford) ,  Peter Nicholls (New York University)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Weight:   0.255kg
ISBN:  

9781009547918


ISBN 10:   1009547917
Pages:   75
Publication Date:   11 December 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier.

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