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Peter O'Neill

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Description:MORE MICKS THAN DICKSA hybrid Beckettian novella in 3 genresSome of the themes that are treated in More Micks than Dicks, a hybrid Beckettian novella in 3 genres, are ecology and environmentalism, in the face of an ongoing global catastrophe; war, the book was written in 2013 and still the war in Syria rages; the rise of populism and nationalism, as opposed to notions of embracing difference and Other cultures; language and identity, and particularly, as the book is so clearly focused on Samuel Beckett, a return to evaluating literary works in the language of their original composition, namely French! Particularly in the case of Comment Cest. The appropriation of iconic cultural figures by public and private institutions for the purpose of their own gain, and at the expense of the subject, is an ancient theme and it is yet another issue which this book attempts to highlight. So, this is a very contemporary book taking on highly complex and significant ideas which concern us all, particularly today when so much of what we had once taken for granted is now a cause of serious concern.Patriarchy and matriarchy; phenomenology and hermeneutics; myth – both ancient Greek and Irish – in the form of Orpheus and Sweeny; Heraclitus and Heidegger; Baudelaire and Rimbaud… just some more figures and themes which are explored in fictional prose, academic presentation and finally in a series of short poem cycles. Samuel Beckett was a multi-disciplinarian, his writing evoke as much the ancient classical world of Greece and Rome as the enlightenment and post-modernism. O’ Neill, in this short and impressive book, attempts to engage with Beckett on his own terms. Dealing with such figures as Giambattista Vico, a figure whom Beckett wrote so famously about in his early essay Dante…Bruno.Vico..Joyce at the instigation of Joyce when Beckett was a young man in Paris.Vico and Heraclitus are the twin figures in this unique work, and whose place in Comment C’est is not only the subject of an academic style presentation, but also form the base of the series of poem cycles The Trees of Ephesus.At once subversive and irreverent, in the great Irish comic tradition, as well as being scholarly and innovative, More Micks than Dicks, in many ways is not only a nostalgic look back to such modern giants of literature as James Joyce and Samuel Beckett, but it is also a very powerful evocation of the power of literature as a redeeming device where metaphor, in its true historic and Nietzschean form, can be used to salvage meaning in the mythic every day.In a time when literature, and poetry particularly has been reduced to open-mics, and performance poetry, public confessions and cheap sentimentality; taking the spirit of punk, and the early surrealists, Heraclitus and phenomenology; More Micks than Dicks is an assault on intellectual dishonesty, both academic and popular fashions, and Celtic Twilightery. It is a good kick in the balls to conservative, shallow, middle-class ideas on what should or should not constitute art and literature and a serious wake up call for the so-called guardians, or gatekeepers, of true culture. O’ Neill writes like a man possessed!We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with More Micks Than Dicks - A hybrid beckettian novella in 3 genres. To get started finding More Micks Than Dicks - A hybrid beckettian novella in 3 genres, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Publisher: Famous Seamus

Release: 2017

ISBN: 0955685796

Description: MORE MICKS THAN DICKSA hybrid Beckettian novella in 3 genresSome of the themes that are treated in More Micks than Dicks, a hybrid Beckettian novella in 3 genres, are ecology and environmentalism, in the face of an ongoing global catastrophe; war, the book was written in 2013 and still the war in Syria rages; the rise of populism and nationalism, as opposed to notions of embracing difference and Other cultures; language and identity, and particularly, as the book is so clearly focused on Samuel Beckett, a return to evaluating literary works in the language of their original composition, namely French! Particularly in the case of Comment Cest. The appropriation of iconic cultural figures by public and private institutions for the purpose of their own gain, and at the expense of the subject, is an ancient theme and it is yet another issue which this book attempts to highlight. So, this is a very contemporary book taking on highly complex and significant ideas which concern us all, particularly today when so much of what we had once taken for granted is now a cause of serious concern.Patriarchy and matriarchy; phenomenology and hermeneutics; myth – both ancient Greek and Irish – in the form of Orpheus and Sweeny; Heraclitus and Heidegger; Baudelaire and Rimbaud… just some more figures and themes which are explored in fictional prose, academic presentation and finally in a series of short poem cycles. Samuel Beckett was a multi-disciplinarian, his writing evoke as much the ancient classical world of Greece and Rome as the enlightenment and post-modernism. O’ Neill, in this short and impressive book, attempts to engage with Beckett on his own terms. Dealing with such figures as Giambattista Vico, a figure whom Beckett wrote so famously about in his early essay Dante…Bruno.Vico..Joyce at the instigation of Joyce when Beckett was a young man in Paris.Vico and Heraclitus are the twin figures in this unique work, and whose place in Comment C’est is not only the subject of an academic style presentation, but also form the base of the series of poem cycles The Trees of Ephesus.At once subversive and irreverent, in the great Irish comic tradition, as well as being scholarly and innovative, More Micks than Dicks, in many ways is not only a nostalgic look back to such modern giants of literature as James Joyce and Samuel Beckett, but it is also a very powerful evocation of the power of literature as a redeeming device where metaphor, in its true historic and Nietzschean form, can be used to salvage meaning in the mythic every day.In a time when literature, and poetry particularly has been reduced to open-mics, and performance poetry, public confessions and cheap sentimentality; taking the spirit of punk, and the early surrealists, Heraclitus and phenomenology; More Micks than Dicks is an assault on intellectual dishonesty, both academic and popular fashions, and Celtic Twilightery. It is a good kick in the balls to conservative, shallow, middle-class ideas on what should or should not constitute art and literature and a serious wake up call for the so-called guardians, or gatekeepers, of true culture. O’ Neill writes like a man possessed!We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with More Micks Than Dicks - A hybrid beckettian novella in 3 genres. To get started finding More Micks Than Dicks - A hybrid beckettian novella in 3 genres, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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