Negative allegory : Buning on allegory and the via negativa

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Abstract

This essay will discuss two areas of interest developed by Marius Buning that point towards doorways within Beckett studies: the idea of allegory, and the idea of the via negativa. It will consider how these two ideas might be thought to in­terrelate and open new insights in the field.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationWhere Never Before : Beckett's Poetics of Elsewhere
EditorsSjef Houppermans, Angela Moorjani, Danile De Ruyter, Matthijs Engelberts, Dirk Van Hulle
Place of PublicationThe Netherlands
PublisherRodopi
Pages17-26
Number of pages10
ISBN (Print)9789042028142
Publication statusPublished - 2009

Keywords

  • negative theology
  • Beckett
  • Samuel
  • 1906-1989

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