Author : Conor Carville
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 100900333X
Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Absorption and Theatricality by : Conor Carville
Download or read book Absorption and Theatricality written by Conor Carville and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-03-17 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Samuel Beckett's 1976 Television play Ghost Trio is one of his most beautiful and mysterious works. It is also the play that most clearly demonstrates Beckett's imaginative and aesthetic engagement with the visual arts and the history of painting in particular. Drawing on the work of Stanley Cavell and Michael Fried, On Ghost Trio demonstrates Beckett's exploration of the relationship between theatricality, absorption and objecthood, and shows how his work anticipates the development of video and installation art. In doing so Conor Carville develops a new and highly original reading of Beckett's art, rooted in both archival sources and philosophical aesthetics.