Samuel Beckett and Arnold Geulincx - David Tucker

amuel Beckett once wrote that were he in the 'unfortunate position' of a
critic studying his work, one of his points of departure would be the
ideas of the 17th-century philosopher, Arnold Geulincx. Samuel Beckett and Arnold Geulincx: Tracing 'a literary fantasia'
is the first full-length study to document the extent of the influence
Geulincx's philosophy had on Beckett's prose and late drama.

Establishing
itself as a reference point for Beckett's published and unpublished
writings, David Tucker's study presents a clear, chronological
exploration of Beckett's engagement with Geulincx, and of how this
engagement marks, and is marked by, broader changes in Beckett's
aesthetic thinking. By positioning close, interpretative philosophical
readings alongside analyses of archival materials, Tucker sets out an
affirmative and reconciliatory approach to divergent strands in
contemporary Beckett Studies.