AI SearchThink, pig! : | Beckett at the limit of the human / (Record no. 112777)
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| fixed length control field | 01816cam a2200277 i 4500 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 151230s2016 nyu b 001 0 eng |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780823270859 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780823270866 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | SDU |
| 050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | PR6003 |
| Item number | R112 T 2016 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Rabaté, Jean-Michel, |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Think, pig! : |
| Remainder of title | Beckett at the limit of the human / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Jean-Michel Rabaté. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 1st ed |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Fordham University Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2016 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 240 p. |
| 505 8# - Formatted Contents Note | |
| Formatted contents note | HKBU Library |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY | |
| Summary | "This book examines Samuel Beckett's unique lesson in courage in the wake of humanism's postwar crisis--the courage to go on living even after experiencing life as a series of catastrophes. Rabaté, a former president of the Samuel Beckett Society and a leading scholar of modernism, explores the whole range of Beckett's plays, novels, and essays. He places Beckett in a vital philosophical conversation that runs from Bataille to Adorno, from Kant and Sade to Badiou. At the same time, he stresses Beckett's inimitable sense of metaphysical comedy. Foregrounding Beckett's decision to write in French, Rabaté inscribes him in a continental context marked by a "writing degree zero" while showing the prescience and ethical import of Beckett's tendency to subvert the "human" through the theme of the animal. Beckett's "declaration of inhuman rights," he argues, offers the funniest mode of expression available to us today"-- |
| 600 10 - Subject Added Entry | |
| Personal name | Beckett, Samuel, |
| Year | 1906-1989 |
| General subdivision | Criticism and interpretation. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT | |
| Topical term | Literature |
| General subdivision | Philosophy. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT | |
| Topical term | Theater |
| General subdivision | Philosophy. |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT | |
| Topical term | LITERARY CRITICISM / General. |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT | |
| Topical term | PHILOSOPHY / Aesthetics. |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT | |
| Topical term | PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism. |
| 900 ## - Accession Number | |
| Accession Number | = C.1 SDU |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | English Books |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Library of Congress Classification |
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| -- | 199274 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT | |
| -- | 207590 |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT | |
| -- | 124499 |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Copy number | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Library of Congress Classification | Available for Loans | General Books | MATRIX Library | MATRIX Library | General Eng/FL.3 | 27/08/2025 | Donation | PR6003 R112 T 2016 | 1000374345 | 27/08/2025 | C.1 | 27/08/2025 | English Books |