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No-thing is left to tell : Zen/Chaos theory in the dramatic art of Samuel Beckett

Title: No-thing is left to tell : Zen/Chaos theory in the dramatic art of Samuel Beckett / John Leeland Kundert-Gibbs.
Author: Kundert-Gibbs, John L.
Publication: Madison, NJ : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, [1999], ©1999.

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236 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

This study uses Zen Buddhism and Chaos theory as binocular lenses to examine the existential difficulties in Samuel Beckett's plays in terms that circumvent traditional Western schools of thought. The book first outlines the salient points of Zen Buddhism and Chaos theory, examining the interplay of ideas between the two disciplines. The balance of the book uses Zen and Chaos theory to reveal new patterns and layers of meaning (or non meaning) in several of Beckett's most significant plays.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Introduction -- 2. Zeno, Zen, and z[superscript 2] + c: The Unlikely Bow, Arrow, and Target -- 3. Waiting in Godot: The Distance between Arrow and Target -- 4. End of Zeno's Game? Discarding Bow, Arrow, and Target -- 5. Happy Days, Minutes, Hours: Time's Arrow, Time's Target -- 6. Iterative Footfalls, "However Faint They Fall": Lessness in Arrow, Target -- 7. What Is the Sound of Ohio Impromptu? No Arrow, No Target -- 8. Conclusion -- App. Evolution of the Decomposition and Phase-space Diagram of Footfalls.

ISBN

0838637620 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

98025241

OCLC

39195431
ocm39195431

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Columbia University Libraries