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The drama in the text : (Record no. 633108)
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| fixed length control field | 01833nam a2200325 i 4500 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 260927s1994 xxu 0 eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780195088922 |
| ISBN | 0195088921 |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 842.91 |
| Item number | BEC |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Brater, Enoch |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The drama in the text : |
| Sub Title | Beckett's late fiction / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Enoch Brater |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | 233 pages |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | In this rich and perceptive study of some of the most haunting fiction written in the late twentieth century, Beckett critic Enoch Brater continues his investigation of the tension between text and script, silence and associational sound. Brater argues with great learning that Beckett's fiction, like his radio plays, demands to be read aloud, since much of the emotional meaning lodges in its tonality.Here the rhythm of Beckett's "labouring heart" finds its performative voice as the reader, now turned listener, collaborates in the creation of a musical composition that must elucidate the stillness of the universe.The Drama in the Text is a book about reciting and recounting, about how we know and what we know when we read a lyrical "text" crafted in prose but sounding like something else instead. Brater ranges across all of Beckett's work, quoting from it liberally, and makes connecti |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Beckett, Samuel, 1906- -- Fictional works. |
| Topical Term | Oral interpretation. |
| Topical Term | Fiction -- Technique. |
| Topical Term | Fiction |
| Topical Term | Fictional works |
| Topical Term | Oral interpretation |
| Topical Term | Technique |
| Topical Term | Beckett, samuel, 1906-1989 |
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| -- | New York : |
| -- | Oxford University Press, |
| -- | 1994 |
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| -- | unmediated |
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| -- | rdamedia |
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| -- | rdacarrier |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Full call number | Accession Number | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Anna Centenary Library | Anna Centenary Library | 27.09.2026 | 842.91 BEC | 281230 | 27.09.2026 | Books |