01833nam a2200325 i 4500 281230 InACL 20260927135907.0 260927s1994 xxu 0 eng d 9780195088922 0195088921 InACL eng rda InACL 842.91 BEC 23 Brater, Enoch author The drama in the text : Beckett's late fiction / Enoch Brater New York : Oxford University Press, 1994 233 pages text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier 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 Beckett, Samuel, 1906- -- Fictional works. Oral interpretation. Fiction -- Technique. Fiction Fictional works Oral interpretation Technique Beckett, samuel, 1906-1989 633108 633108 0 0 0 0 ACL ACL GEN 2026-09-27 0 842.91 BEC 281230 2026-09-27 13:59:07 2026-09-27 BK