Nothing’s Imperative
Late Beckett
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20156217 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Wayne Stables (0000-0001-7622-7154, University of Cape Town, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 121-142 |
| Publication date | 2016-04-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Literary Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0256-4718 • E-ISSN: 1753-5387 |
| Publisher | Unisa Press (PUBLISHER • ZA) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02564718.2016.1198163 |
| OpenAlex | W2495544543 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 9 |
This article dwells on the imperative to say “nothing”, concentrating its attention, for the most part, on Worstward Ho. It aims to illuminate the imperative’s temporality as well as to account for its origin. It is suggested that Beckett’s late writing is best approached not by way of phenomenology but from what Walter Benjamin calls the “fundamental problem of the theory of language” (2007: 316; trans. modified): the question of the medial matter of language as such
Epistemology · Nothing · Temporality · Philosophy · Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism · Samuel Beckett and Modernism · Walter Benjamin Studies Compilation
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |